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Giuseppe Battaglia

Giuseppe Battaglia

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
80
Citations
18861
World Ranking
4161
National Ranking
86

Giuseppe Battaglia publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Giuseppe Battaglia sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 368 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Giuseppe Battaglia D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Giuseppe Battaglia sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 80 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Giuseppe Battaglia is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Neuroscience, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broad areas, Battaglia has concentrated on subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

The main topics covered in Battaglia's work encompass Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Tryptophan and brain disorders, as well as Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Battaglia include:

  • The Role of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Alzheimer's Disease: Conventionally Pathogenetic or Unconventionally Protective? (2020, Molecules)
  • The Trace Kynurenine, Cinnabarinic Acid, Displays Potent Antipsychotic-Like Activity in Mice and Its Levels Are Reduced in the Prefrontal Cortex of Individuals Affected by Schizophrenia (2020, Schizophrenia Bulletin)
  • Role of 2-Arachidonoyl-Glycerol and CB1 Receptors in Orexin-A-Mediated Prevention of Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation-Induced Neuronal Injury (2020, Cells)
  • A Progressive Build-up of Perineuronal Nets in the Somatosensory Cortex Is Associated with the Development of Chronic Pain in Mice (2022, Journal of Neuroscience)
  • Sex-Related Differences and Factors Associated with Peri-Procedural and 1 Year Mortality in Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia Patients from the CLIMATE Italian Registry (2023, Journal of Personalized Medicine)

Frequent co-authors in Battaglia's collaborative work include Ferdinando Nicoletti, Valeria Bruno, Tiziana Imbriglio, Francesca Liberatore, and Giada Mascio.

Battaglia's works are often published in journals such as Current Neuropharmacology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Cells.

Best Publications

  • Methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) and methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) cause selective ablation of serotonergic axon terminals in forebrain: immunocytochemical evidence for neurotoxicity

    E O'Hearn;G Battaglia;EB De Souza;MJ Kuhar

  • Parkinson-like syndrome induced by continuous MPTP infusion: Convergent roles of the ubiquitin-proteasome system and α-synuclein

    Francesco Fornai;Oliver M. Schlüter;Paola Lenzi;Marco Gesi

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Simultaneous submicrometric 3D imaging of the micro-vascular network and the neuronal system in a mouse spinal cord

    Michela Fratini;Inna Bukreeva;Gaetano Campi;Francesco Brun

  • Double-knockout mice for α- and β-synucleins: Effect on synaptic functions

    Sreeganga Chandra;Francesco Fornai;Hyung Bae Kwon;Umar Yazdani

  • Metabotropic glutamate receptor subtypes as targets for neuroprotective drugs.

    Valeria Bruno;Giuseppe Battaglia;Agata Copani;Mara D'Onofrio

  • Metabotropic glutamate receptors in the basal ganglia motor circuit

    P. Jeffrey Conn;Giuseppe Battaglia;Michael J. Marino;Ferdinando Nicoletti

  • Neuroprotection by Glial Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Is Mediated by Transforming Growth Factor-β

    V. Bruno;G. Battaglia;G. Casabona;A. Copani

  • L-acetylcarnitine causes rapid antidepressant effects through the epigenetic induction of mGlu2 receptors

    Carla Nasca;Dionysios Xenos;Ylenia Barone;Alessandra Caruso

  • Activation of A1 adenosine or mGlu3 metabotropic glutamate receptors enhances the release of nerve growth factor and S-100β protein from cultured astrocytes

    R. Ciccarelli;P. Di Iorio;V. Bruno;G. Battaglia

  • (-)-PHCCC, a positive allosteric modulator of mGluR4: characterization, mechanism of action, and neuroprotection.

    M. Maj;V. Bruno;Z. Dragic;R. Yamamoto

  • The Use of Knock-Out Mice Unravels Distinct Roles for mGlu2 and mGlu3 Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors in Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration/Neuroprotection

    Corrado Corti;Giuseppe Battaglia;Gemma Molinaro;Barbara Riozzi

  • Electroclinical, MRI and neuropathological study of 10 patients with nodular heterotopia, with surgical outcomes

    L. Tassi;N. Colombo;M. Cossu;R. Mai

  • ACTIVATION OF METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS PROTECTS CULTURED NEURONS AGAINST APOPTOSIS INDUCED BY BETA -AMYLOID PEPTIDE

    A Copani;V Bruno;G Battaglia;G Leanza

  • Group-I metabotropic glutamate receptors: hypotheses to explain their dual role in neurotoxicity and neuroprotection

    F Nicoletti;V Bruno;M.V Catania;G Battaglia

  • (R,S)-4-phosphonophenylglycine, a potent and selective group III metabotropic glutamate receptor agonist, is anticonvulsive and neuroprotective in vivo

    F. Gasparini;V. Bruno;G. Battaglia;S. Lukic

  • Activation of Class II or III Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Protects Cultured Cortical Neurons Against Excitotoxic Degeneration

    V. Bruno;G. Battaglia;A. Copani;R. G. Giffard

  • Neuroprotective activity of the potent and selective mGlu1a metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonist, (+)-2-methyl-4 carboxyphenylglycine (LY367385): comparison with LY357366, a broader spectrum antagonist with equal affinity for mGlu1a and mGlu5 receptors.

    V Bruno;G Battaglia;A Kingston;M.J O’Neill

  • In vivo inhibition of veratridine-evoked release of striatal excitatory amino acids by the group II metabotropic glutamate receptor agonist LY354740 in rats

    Giuseppe Battaglia;James A Monn;Darryle D Schoepp

  • Metabotropic glutamate receptor-4 modulates adaptive immunity and restrains neuroinflammation

    Francesca Fallarino;Claudia Volpi;Francesco Fazio;Serena Notartomaso

  • Pharmacological Activation of mGlu4 Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Reduces Nigrostriatal Degeneration in Mice Treated with 1-Methyl-4-Phenyl-1,2,3,6-Tetrahydropyridine

    Giuseppe Battaglia;Carla L. Busceti;Gemma Molinaro;Francesca Biagioni

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesco Fornai
Francesco Fornai University of Pisa
Agata Copani
Agata Copani University of Catania
Maria Angela Sortino
Maria Angela Sortino University of Catania
Eleonora Aronica
Eleonora Aronica University of Amsterdam
Felice Giangaspero
Felice Giangaspero Sapienza University of Rome
Francesco Orzi
Francesco Orzi Sapienza University of Rome
Jean-Philippe Pin
Jean-Philippe Pin University of Montpellier
Maurizio Simmaco
Maurizio Simmaco Sapienza University of Rome
Maria Vincenza Catania
Maria Vincenza Catania National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Stefania Maccari
Stefania Maccari Sapienza University of Rome

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