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Francesca R. D'Amato

Francesca R. D'Amato

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Psychology

D-Index
40
Citations
5239
World Ranking
8335
National Ranking
178

Overview

Francesca R. D'Amato is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and psychology. Their research explores a variety of interconnected topics focusing on neuroendocrine regulation, behavior, and the biological mechanisms underlying stress responses and neuroinflammation.

Their recent publications include works across several high-profile venues, reflecting a diverse yet focused research agenda. Notable papers include:

  • Behavioral, neuromorphological, and neurobiochemical effects induced by omega-3 fatty acids following basal forebrain cholinergic depletion in aged mice, 2020, Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
  • Resilience to anhedonia-passive coping induced by early life experience is linked to a long-lasting reduction of Ih current in VTA dopaminergic neurons, 2021, Neurobiology of Stress
  • Early life adversity affecting the attachment bond alters ventral tegmental area transcriptomic patterning and behavior almost exclusively in female mice, 2021, Neurobiology of Stress
  • Xlr4 as a new candidate gene underlying vulnerability to cocaine effects, 2020, Neuropharmacology
  • Mouse model of panic disorder: Vulnerability to early environmental instability is strain-dependent, 2021, Developmental Psychobiology

D'Amato frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Matteo Di Segni, Rossella Ventura, Diego Andolina, Sebastian Luca D'Addario, and Lucy Babicola, with multiple co-authored works reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Their publications appear predominantly in the following venues:

  • Neurobiology of Stress
  • Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Neuropharmacology
  • Developmental Psychobiology

Their main fields of study encompass neuroscience and psychology, with particular emphasis on social psychology, neurology, sensory systems, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and behavioral neuroscience as prominent subfields.

D'Amato's research covers a range of topics, including:

  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Olfactory and sensory function studies
  • Stress responses and cortisol
  • Early childhood education and development
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Fatty acid research and health

Best Publications

  • Deficit in Attachment Behavior in Mice Lacking the µ-Opioid Receptor Gene

    Anna Moles;Brigitte L. Kieffer;Francesca R. D'Amato

  • Pups call, mothers rush: does maternal responsiveness affect the amount of ultrasonic vocalizations in mouse pups?

    Francesca R. D’Amato;Elisabetta Scalera;Celeste Sarli;Anna Moles

  • Genetic-Background Modulation of Core and Variable Autistic-Like Symptoms in Fmr1 Knock-Out Mice

    Susanna Pietropaolo;Aurélie Guilleminot;Aurélie Guilleminot;Benoît Martin;Benoît Martin;Francesca R. D'Amato

  • Ultrasonic vocalizations emitted during dyadic interactions in female mice: A possible index of sociability?

    Anna Moles;Fabrizio Costantini;Luciana Garbugino;Claudio Zanettini

  • TLQP-21, a VGF-derived peptide, increases energy expenditure and prevents the early phase of diet-induced obesity

    Alessandro Bartolomucci;G. La Corte;R. Possenti;V. Locatelli

  • Social hedonic capacity is associated with the A118G polymorphism of the mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) in adult healthy volunteers and psychiatric patients

    Alfonso Troisi;Giovanni Frazzetto;Valeria Carola;Giorgio Di Lorenzo

  • Psychosocial stress affects energy balance in mice: modulation by social status.

    A. Moles;A. Bartolomucci;L. Garbugino;R. Conti

  • Mother-infant relationships in Japanese macaques: sources of inter-individual variation

    Gabriele Schino;Gabriele Schino;Francesca R. D'Amato;Alfonso Troisi

  • Early social enrichment rescues adult behavioral and brain abnormalities in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome.

    Diego Oddi;Enejda Subashi;Silvia Middei;Luigi Bellocchio

  • Chronic social stress, hedonism and vulnerability to obesity: lessons from rodents.

    Roberto Coccurello;Francesca R. D’Amato;Anna Moles

  • Ultrasonic vocalizations as an index of social memory in female mice.

    Francesca R. D'Amato;Anna Moles

  • Ultrasonic vocalization by female mice in the presence of a conspecific carrying food cues

    Anna Moles;Francesca R. D'amato

  • Scratching as a behavioral index of anxiety in macaque mothers.

    Alfonso Troisi;Gabriele Schino;Gabriele Schino;Monica D'Antoni;Nicoletta Pandolfi

  • Unstable maternal environment, separation anxiety, and heightened CO2 sensitivity induced by gene-by-environment interplay

    Francesca R. D'Amato;Claudio Zanettini;Valentina Lampis;Roberto Coccurello

  • Paw preference and brain dopamine asymmetries.

    S. Cabib;F.R. D'amato;P.J. Neveu;B. Deleplanque

  • Anxiety and maternal aggression in house mice (Mus musculus): a look at interindividual variability.

    Dario Maestripieri;Francesca R. D'Amato

  • Chronic exposure to a novel odor increases pups' vocalizations, maternal care, and alters dopaminergic functioning in developing mice.

    Francesca R. D'Amato;Simona Cabib

  • Endogenous opioids: a proximate reward mechanism for kin selection?

    Francesca R. D'amato;Flaminia Pavone

  • Early-life risk factors for panic and separation anxiety disorder: insights and outstanding questions arising from human and animal studies of CO2 sensitivity.

    Marco Battaglia;Anna Ogliari;Francesca D'Amato;Richard Kinkead

  • Modeling socially anhedonic syndromes: genetic and pharmacological manipulation of opioid neurotransmission in mice.

    C Cinque;S Pondiki;D Oddi;M G Di Certo

  • Long-term effects of postnatal manipulation on emotionality are prevented by maternal anxiolytic treatment in mice

    Francesca R. D'Amato;Simona Cabib;Rossella Ventura;Cristina Orsini

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfonso Troisi
Alfonso Troisi University of Rome Tor Vergata
Marco Battaglia
Marco Battaglia Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Markus Wöhr
Markus Wöhr Philipp University of Marburg
Dario Maestripieri
Dario Maestripieri University of Chicago
Sally J. Rogers
Sally J. Rogers University of California, Davis
Morton Ann Gernsbacher
Morton Ann Gernsbacher University of Wisconsin–Madison
Peter Clive Mundy
Peter Clive Mundy University of California, Davis
H. Hill Goldsmith
H. Hill Goldsmith University of Wisconsin–Madison
Cheryl Dissanayake
Cheryl Dissanayake La Trobe University
Massimo Molteni
Massimo Molteni University of Padua

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