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Igor Branchi is affiliated with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology, with significant contributions to Biological Psychiatry, Behavioral Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Clinical Psychology.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Treatment of Major Depression

Branchi's recent papers include:

  • "Stress resilience during the coronavirus pandemic" (2020), published in European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "The impact of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic on stress resilience and mental health: A critical review across waves" (2021), published in European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "Mental disorders and risk of COVID-19-related mortality, hospitalisation, and intensive care unit admission: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (2021), published in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "A peripheral inflammatory signature discriminates bipolar from unipolar depression: A machine learning approach" (2020), published in Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
  • "Microglial-glucocorticoid receptor depletion alters the response of hippocampal microglia and neurons in a chronic unpredictable mild stress paradigm in female mice" (2021), published in Brain Behavior and Immunity

The following researchers have frequently co-authored work with Branchi:

  • S. Poggini
  • Claudia Colli
  • N. Ciano Albanese
  • Francesco Benedetti
  • Aurelia Viglione

Branchi's publications often appear in the following journals:

  • Neuroscience Applied (16 publications)
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology (14 publications)
  • European Psychiatry (5 publications)
  • The Lancet Psychiatry (3 publications)
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Psychedelics and the essential importance of context.

    Robin L Carhart-Harris;Leor Roseman;Eline Haijen;David Erritzoe

  • Stress resilience during the coronavirus pandemic.

    Christiaan H. Vinkers;Therese van Amelsvoort;Jonathan I. Bisson;Igor Branchi

  • The impact of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic on stress resilience and mental health: A critical review across waves.

    Mirko Manchia;Anouk W Gathier;Hale Yapici-Eser;Mathias V Schmidt

  • Ultrasonic vocalisation emitted by infant rodents: a tool for assessment of neurobehavioural development.

    Igor Branchi;Daniela Santucci;Enrico Alleva

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers: neurobehavioral effects following developmental exposure.

    Igor Branchi;Francesca Capone;Francesca Capone;Enrico Alleva;Lucio G. Costa;Lucio G. Costa

  • Hypertension Induces Brain β-Amyloid Accumulation, Cognitive Impairment, and Memory Deterioration Through Activation of Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products in Brain Vasculature

    Daniela Carnevale;Giada Mascio;Ivana D'Andrea;Valentina Fardella

  • Mental disorders and risk of COVID-19-related mortality, hospitalisation, and intensive care unit admission: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Benedetta Vai;Mario Gennaro Mazza;Claudia Delli Colli;Marianne Foiselle

  • Effects of perinatal exposure to a polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE 99) on mouse neurobehavioural development.

    Igor Branchi;Enrico Alleva;Lucio G. Costa;Lucio G. Costa

  • Early Social Enrichment Shapes Social Behavior and Nerve Growth Factor and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels in the Adult Mouse Brain

    Igor Branchi;Ivana D’Andrea;Marco Fiore;Veronica Di Fausto

  • Fractalkine receptor deficiency impairs microglial and neuronal responsiveness to chronic stress

    Giampaolo Milior;Cynthia Lecours;Louis Samson;Kanchan Bisht

  • The reciprocal interaction between serotonin and social behaviour

    Dominik Kiser;Ben SteemerS;Igor Branchi;Judith R. Homberg

  • Fluoxetine effects on molecular, cellular and behavioral endophenotypes of depression are driven by the living environment

    Silvia Alboni;R. M. van Dijk;Silvia Poggini;G. Milior

  • The mouse communal nest: Investigating the epigenetic influences of the early social environment on brain and behavior development

    Igor Branchi

  • The double edged sword of neural plasticity: increasing serotonin levels leads to both greater vulnerability to depression and improved capacity to recover.

    Igor Branchi

  • Ultrasonic vocalizations by infant laboratory mice: A preliminary spectrographic characterization under different conditions

    Igor Branchi;Daniela Santucci;Augusto Vitale;Enrico Alleva

  • Epigenetic control of neurobehavioural plasticity: the role of neurotrophins.

    I. Branchi;N. Francia;E. Alleva

  • Consistent behavioral phenotype differences between inbred mouse strains in the IntelliCage

    S. Krackow;S. Krackow;E. Vannoni;A. Codita;A. Mohammed

  • Early social enrichment augments adult hippocampal BDNF levels and survival of BrdU-positive cells while increasing anxiety- and "depression"-like behavior.

    Igor Branchi;Ivana D'Andrea;Jantine Sietzema;Marco Fiore

  • Nonmotor symptoms in Parkinson's disease: investigating early-phase onset of behavioral dysfunction in the 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rat model.

    Igor Branchi;Ivana D'Andrea;Monica Armida;Tommaso Cassano

  • CX(3)CR1 deficiency alters hippocampal-dependent plasticity phenomena blunting the effects of enriched environment.

    Laura Maggi;Maria Scianni;Igor Branchi;Ivana D'Andrea

  • Long-term effects of the periadolescent environment on exploratory activity and aggressive behaviour in mice: social versus physical enrichment

    Susanna Pietropaolo;Igor Branchi;Francesca Cirulli;Flavia Chiarotti

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesca Cirulli
Francesca Cirulli Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Francesco Benedetti
Francesco Benedetti Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Benedetta Vai
Benedetta Vai IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
Marion Leboyer
Marion Leboyer Paris-Est Créteil University
Sara Poletti
Sara Poletti Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Cristina Colombo
Cristina Colombo Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Raffaella Zanardi
Raffaella Zanardi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Jonathan Ian Bisson
Jonathan Ian Bisson Cardiff University
Katharina Domschke
Katharina Domschke University of Freiburg
Mirko Manchia
Mirko Manchia University of Cagliari

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