2026 Giuliano Avanzini: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	72	2301	2103	87	83	307	18663

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Overview

Giuliano Avanzini is affiliated with the Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans diverse subfields such as psychiatry and mental health, cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, and genetics.

Their main topics of research include:

Epilepsy research and treatment
Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
Ion channel regulation and function
Genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders
Neural dynamics and brain function
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors study
Migraine and headache studies

Giuliano Avanzini's frequent collaborators include:

Paolo Scalmani
Sandrine Cestèle
Fabrice Duprat
Aristea S. Galanopoulou
Lara Pizzamiglio

Common publication venues for their research are:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Epilepsia
Physiological Reviews
Brain
PLoS Computational Biology

Examples of recent papers authored or co-authored by Giuliano Avanzini include:

Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies: from genetic heterogeneity to phenotypic continuum, 2022, Physiological Reviews
The gain of function SCN1A disorder spectrum: novel epilepsy phenotypes and therapeutic implications, 2022, Brain
Sodium channelopathies of skeletal muscle and brain, 2021, Physiological Reviews
Initiation of migraine-related cortical spreading depolarization by hyperactivity of GABAergic neurons and NaV1.1 channels, 2021, Journal of Clinical Investigation
Modeling NaV1.1/SCN1A sodium channel mutations in a microcircuit with realistic ion concentration dynamics suggests differential GABAergic mechanisms leading to hyperexcitability in epilepsy and hemiplegic migraine, 2021, PLoS Computational Biology

Best Publications

The clinicopathologic spectrum of focal cortical dysplasias: A consensus classification proposed by an ad hoc Task Force of the ILAE Diagnostic Methods Commission

Ingmar Blümcke;Maria Thom;Eleonora Aronica;Dawna D. Armstrong

1952
Citations
Terminology and classification of the cortical dysplasias.

André Palmini;Imad Najm;G. Avanzini;T. Babb

1191
Citations
Histopathological Findings in Brain Tissue Obtained during Epilepsy Surgery.

Blumcke I;Spreafico R;Haaker G;Coras R

905
Citations
Antiepileptic drugs as a cause of worsening seizures.

E. Perucca;L. Gram;G. Avanzini;O. Dulac

701
Citations
Interictal spikes in focal epileptogenesis

Marco de Curtis;Giuliano Avanzini

607
Citations
Congenital malformations due to antiepileptic drugs

S Kaneko;D Battino;E Andermann;K Wada

533
Citations
Mutations in the LGI1/Epitempin gene on 10q24 cause autosomal dominant lateral temporal epilepsy

José M. Morante-Redolat;Ana Gorostidi-Pagola;Salomé Piquer-Sirerol;Amets Sáenz

398
Citations
Mutations in NHLRC1 cause progressive myoclonus epilepsy

Elayne M Chan;Edwin J Young;Leonarda Ianzano;Iulia Munteanu

385
Citations
Intrinsic properties of nucleus reticularis thalami neurones of the rat studied in vitro.

G Avanzini;M de Curtis;F Panzica;R Spreafico

277
Citations
Cortical dysplasia An immunocytochemical study of three patients

R. Spreafico;G. Battaglia;P. Arcelli;F. Andermann

263
Citations
Malformations in offspring of women with epilepsy: a prospective study.

R. Canger;D. Battino;M. P. Canevini;C. Fumarola

257
Citations
Unstable minisatellite expansion causing recessively inherited myoclonus epilepsy, EPM1

Kimmo Virtaneva;Elena D'Amato;Jinmin Miao;Marjaleena Koskiniemi

231
Citations
Change of seizure frequency in pregnant epileptic women.

D Schmidt;R Canger;G Avanzini;D Battino

227
Citations
Inhibition of transient and persistent Na+ current fractions by the new anticonvulsant topiramate.

S. Taverna;G. Sancini;M. Mantegazza;S. Franceschetti

222
Citations
Influence of surgery and antiepileptic drugs on seizures symptomatic of cerebral tumours.

S. Franceschetti;S. Binelli;M. Casazza;S. Lodrini

213
Citations
Epileptic phenotypes associated with mitochondrial disorders

L. Canafoglia;Silvana Franceschetti;C. Antozzi;F. Carrara

206
Citations
Supratentorial cavernous angiomas and epileptic seizures: preoperative course and postoperative outcome.

Marina Casazza;Giovanni Broggi;Angelo Franzini;Giuliano Avanzini

198
Citations
The system epilepsies: A pathophysiological hypothesis

Giuliano Avanzini;Paolo Manganotti;Stefano Meletti;Solomon L. Moshé

194
Citations
Calcium-dependent regulation of genetically determined spike and waves by the reticular thalamic nucleus of rats

Giuliano Avanzini;Marguerite Vergnes;Roberto Spreafico;Christian Marescaux

194
Citations
Learning and memory impairment in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: relation to the presence, type, and location of brain lesion.

Anna R. Giovagnoli;Giuliano Avanzini

193
Citations
Role of the thalamic reticular nucleus in the generation of rhythmic thalamo-cortical activities subserving spike and waves.

G. Avanzini;M. de Curtis;C. Marescaux;F. Panzica

190
Citations