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Francesco Ferraguti

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Neuroscience

D-Index
49
Citations
9785
World Ranking
5944
National Ranking
36

Francesco Ferraguti publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francesco Ferraguti sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 132 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Francesco Ferraguti D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francesco Ferraguti sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Francesco Ferraguti is affiliated with Innsbruck Medical University in Austria and focuses their research primarily within the fields of neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scholarly output reflects a strong emphasis on cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, and molecular biology, complemented by contributions to neurology and social psychology.

Their research spans several key topics including:

  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Memory and neural mechanisms
  • Receptor mechanisms and signaling
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Ion channel regulation and function

Francesco Ferraguti's recent publications cover a range of experimental neuroscience and neurobiological investigations. Notable papers include:

  • "VIP-expressing interneurons in the anterior insular cortex contribute to sensory processing to regulate adaptive behavior," 2022, Cell Reports
  • "The human channel gating-modifying A749G CACNA1D (Cav1.3) variant induces a neurodevelopmental syndrome-like phenotype in mice," 2023, JCI Insight
  • "Midbrain dopaminergic inputs gate amygdala intercalated cell clusters by distinct and cooperative mechanisms in male mice," 2021, eLife
  • "Localization and Registration of 2D Histological Mouse Brain Images in 3D Atlas Space," 2023, Neuroinformatics
  • "Loss of mGluR5 in D1 Receptor-Expressing Neurons Improves Stress Coping," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The scientist frequently publishes in several journals and venues, with multiple contributions in:

  • IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Reports
  • Cells
  • JCI Insight

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including Arnau Ramos-Prats, Anna Seewald, Enrica Paradiso, Federico Castaldi, and Paweł Matulewicz, reflecting a network of interdisciplinary partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Metabotropic glutamate receptors

    Francesco Ferraguti;Ryuichi Shigemoto

  • Motor deficit and impairment of synaptic plasticity in mice lacking mGluR1

    François Conquet;Zafar I. Bashir;Zafar I. Bashir;Ceri H. Davies;Ceri H. Davies;Hervé Daniel

  • Metabotropic glutamate receptors: From the workbench to the bedside

    F Nicoletti;J Bockaert;Graham L Collingridge;PJ Conn

  • Neuronal circuits of fear extinction.

    Cyril Herry;Francesco Ferraguti;Nicolas Singewald;Johannes J. Letzkus

  • A correlation analysis of the regional distribution of central enkephalin and beta-endorphin immunoreactive terminals and of opiate receptors in adult and old male rats. Evidence for the existence of two main types of communication in the central nervous system: the volume transmission and the wiring transmission.

    L. F. Agnati;K. Fuxe;M. Zoli;I. Ozini

  • Distribution and synaptic localisation of the metabotropic glutamate receptor 4 (mGluR4) in the rodent CNS

    C Corti;L Aldegheri;P Somogyi;F Ferraguti;F Ferraguti;F Ferraguti

  • Metabotropic Glutamate 1 Receptor: Current Concepts and Perspectives

    Francesco Ferraguti;Luca Crepaldi;Ferdinando Nicoletti

  • Activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 by metabotropic glutamate receptors.

    Francesco Ferraguti;Barbara Baldani-Guerra;Mauro Corsi;Shigetada Nakanishi

  • Regulating anxiety with extrasynaptic inhibition

    Paolo Botta;Paolo Botta;Lynda Demmou;Lynda Demmou;Yu Kasugai;Milica Markovic;Milica Markovic

  • Cell-Type-Specific Recruitment of Amygdala Interneurons to Hippocampal Theta Rhythm and Noxious Stimuli In Vivo

    Thomas C.M. Bienvenu;Daniela Busti;Peter J. Magill;Francesco Ferraguti

  • Neuropeptide Y gene therapy decreases chronic spontaneous seizures in a rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy

    Francesco Noè;Allan Hermann Pool;Jari Nissinen;Marco Gobbi

  • Immunolocalization of metabotropic glutamate receptor 1alpha (mGluR1alpha) in distinct classes of interneuron in the CA1 region of the rat hippocampus.

    Francesco Ferraguti;Philip Cobden;Marie Pollard;David Cope

  • Different Fear States Engage Distinct Networks within the Intercalated Cell Clusters of the Amygdala

    Daniela Busti;Raffaella Geracitano;Nigel Whittle;Yannis Dalezios

  • Adaptive disinhibitory gating by VIP interneurons permits associative learning.

    Sabine Krabbe;Enrica Paradiso;Enrica Paradiso;Simon d'Aquin;Simon d'Aquin;Yael Bitterman

  • Cloning and characterization of alternative mRNA forms for the rat metabotropic glutamate receptors mGluR7 and mGluR8

    Corrado Corti;Sophie Restituito;Joseph M. Rimland;Isabelle Brabet

  • Deficiency in ubiquitin ligase TRIM2 causes accumulation of neurofilament light chain and neurodegeneration

    Martin Balastik;Francesco Ferraguti;André Pires-da Silva;Tae Ho Lee

  • Activated astrocytes in areas of kainate-induced neuronal injury upregulate the expression of the metabotropic glutamate receptors 2/3 and 5

    Francesco Ferraguti;Corrado Corti;Enzo Valerio;Silvia Mion

  • Metabotropic glutamate receptor 8-expressing nerve terminals target subsets of GABAergic neurons in the hippocampus.

    Francesco Ferraguti;Thomas Klausberger;Philip Cobden;Agnes Baude

  • Immunohistochemical localization of the mGluR1beta metabotropic glutamate receptor in the adult rodent forebrain: evidence for a differential distribution of mGluR1 splice variants.

    Francesco Ferraguti;Francois Conquet;Corrado Corti;Pedro Grandes

  • Layer- and subregion-specific electrophysiological and morphological changes of the medial prefrontal cortex in a mouse model of neuropathic pain.

    Miodrag Mitrić;Anna Seewald;Giorgia Moschetti;Paola Sacerdote

  • Altered dimerization of metabotropic glutamate receptor 3 in schizophrenia

    Corrado Corti;Corrado Corti;Luca Crepaldi;Silvia Mion;Adelheid L. Roth

Frequent Co-Authors

Michele Zoli
Michele Zoli University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Ryuichi Shigemoto
Ryuichi Shigemoto Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Luigi F. Agnati
Luigi F. Agnati University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Kjell Fuxe
Kjell Fuxe Karolinska Institute
Nicolas Singewald
Nicolas Singewald University of Innsbruck
Andreas Lüthi
Andreas Lüthi Friedrich Miescher Institute
Marco Capogna
Marco Capogna Aarhus University
Giuseppe Biagini
Giuseppe Biagini University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Peter Somogyi
Peter Somogyi University of Oxford
Jean-Philippe Pin
Jean-Philippe Pin University of Montpellier

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