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Giancarlo Panzica

Giancarlo Panzica

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Neuroscience

D-Index
58
Citations
11314
World Ranking
4185
National Ranking
180

Overview

Giancarlo Panzica was affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy. Their research spanned multiple interconnected areas focusing on neuroendocrine regulation, behavior, and the effects of environmental factors on physiology and reproduction.

Throughout their career, Panzica contributed to scientific understanding in several main topics, including:

  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Stress responses and cortisol
  • Eating disorders and behaviors
  • Obesity, physical activity, diet

These topics were explored within subfields such as social psychology, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, reproductive medicine, genetics, and behavioral neuroscience.

Panzica authored and co-authored publications in a range of journals, frequently contributing to venues like Metabolites, Journal of Neuroendocrinology, UNC Libraries, Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, and the Journal of Clinical Medicine.

Notable recent papers included:

  • Healthy Eating, Physical Activity, and Sleep Hygiene (HEPAS) as the Winning Triad for Sustaining Physical and Mental Health in Patients at Risk for or with Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Considerations for Clinical Practice (2020), published in Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
  • Sexual Differences in Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD): From Psychological Features to Neuroanatomical Networks (2022), published in Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • The Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus as a Central Hub for the Estrogenic Modulation of Neuroendocrine Function and Behavior (2022), published in Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
  • Hypothalamic Expression of Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and Pro-OpioMelanoCortin (POMC) in Adult Male Mice Is Affected by Chronic Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors (2021), published in Metabolites
  • Early Postnatal Genistein Administration Affects Mice Metabolism and Reproduction in a Sexually Dimorphic Way (2021), published in Metabolites

Frequent collaborators included Marilena Marraudino, Brigitta Bonaldo, Stefano Gotti, Alice Farinetti, and Giovanna Ponti. These coauthors worked with Panzica on multiple projects, indicating sustained research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Metabolism disrupting chemicals and metabolic disorders

    Jerrold J. Heindel;Bruce Blumberg;Mathew Cave;Ronit Machtinger

  • Endocrine disrupters: a review of some sources, effects, and mechanisms of actions on behaviour and neuroendocrine systems

    C A Frye;E Bo;G Calamandrei;L Calzà

  • Sexual differentiation of central vasopressin and vasotocin systems in vertebrates: different mechanisms, similar endpoints.

    G. J. De Vries;G. C. Panzica

  • The sexually dimorphic medial preoptic nucleus of quail: a key brain area mediating steroid action on male sexual behavior.

    Gian Carlo Panzica;Carla Viglietti-Panzica;Jacques Balthazart

  • Current Knowledge on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) from Animal Biology to Humans, from Pregnancy to Adulthood: Highlights from a National Italian Meeting

    Maria Elisabeth Street;Sabrina Angelini;Sergio Bernasconi;Ernesto Burgio

  • Parma consensus statement on metabolic disruptors

    Jerrold J. Heindel;Frederick S. Vom Saal;Bruce Blumberg;Patrizia Bovolin

  • Dietary Neurotransmitters: A Narrative Review on Current Knowledge

    Matteo Briguglio;Bernardo Dell’Osso;Giancarlo Panzica;Antonio Malgaroli

  • Sexual differentiation and hormonal control of the sexually dimorphic medial preoptic nucleus in the quail.

    G. C. Panzica;C. Viglietti-Panzica;M. Calacagni;G. C. Anselmetti

  • Steroids, stress and the gut microbiome-brain axis

    M. J. Tetel;G. J. de Vries;R. C. Melcangi;G. Panzica

  • A sexually dimorphic nucleus in the quail preoptic area

    C. Viglietti-Panzica;G. C. Panzica;M. G. Fiori;M. Calcagni

  • Neurosteroidogenesis today: Novel targets for neuroactive steroid synthesis and action and their relevance for translational research.

    P. Porcu;A. M. Barron;C. A. Frye;C. A. Frye;A. A. Walf;A. A. Walf;A. A. Walf

  • Neuroactive steroids: focus on human brain

    R. C. Melcangi;G. Panzica;Luis M. García-Segura

  • Anatomical and neurochemical definition of the nucleus of the stria terminalis in japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

    N. Aste;J. Balthazart;P. Absil;R. Grossmann

  • Physiology and gene regulation of the brain NPY Y1 receptor

    Carola Eva;Mariangela Serra;Paolo Mele;GianCarlo Panzica

  • EFFECTS OF TESTOSTERONE ON A SELECTED NEURONAL POPULATION WITHIN THE PREOPTIC SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC NUCLEUS OF THE JAPANESE QUAIL

    Giancarlo Panzica;Carla Viglietti-Panzica;Fernando Sanchez;Philippe Sante

  • Gonadal Hormones and Retinal Disorders: A Review.

    Raffaele Nuzzi;Simona Scalabrin;Alice Becco;Giancarlo Panzica

  • NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF DIHYDROPROGESTERONE AND PROGESTERONE IN AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL OF NERVE CRUSH INJURY

    I. Roglio;R. Bianchi;S. Gotti;S. Scurati

  • Organizational Effects of Estrogens on Brain Vasotocin and Sexual Behavior in Quail

    Gian Carlo Panzica;Claudia Castagna;Claudia Castagna;Carla Viglietti‐Panzica;Cristina Russo

  • Distribution of nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity in the mouse brain

    Stefano Gotti;Monica Sica;Carla Viglietti-Panzica;Giancarlo Panzica

  • Vasotocinergic innervation of the septal region in the Japanese quail: sexual differences and the influence of testosterone

    C. Viglietti-Panzica;G. C. Anselmetti;J. Balthazart;N. Aste

Frequent Co-Authors

Luis M. Garcia-Segura
Luis M. Garcia-Segura Spanish National Research Council
Aldo Fasolo
Aldo Fasolo University of Turin
Paolo Peretto
Paolo Peretto University of Turin
Cheryl A. Frye
Cheryl A. Frye University at Albany, State University of New York
Antonio Guillamón
Antonio Guillamón National University of Distance Education
Mariangela Serra
Mariangela Serra University of Cagliari
Gemma Calamandrei
Gemma Calamandrei Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Alicia A. Walf
Alicia A. Walf Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Bernardo Dell'Osso
Bernardo Dell'Osso University of Milan

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