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Luca Bonfanti

Luca Bonfanti

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Neuroscience

D-Index
42
Citations
7667
World Ranking
7615
National Ranking
408

Overview

Luca Bonfanti is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy and works primarily in the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research concentrates on mechanisms of neurogenesis and neuroplasticity, addressing both fundamental and applied aspects of brain structural plasticity.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Their research spans across several subfields, notably Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology, with additional contributions in Cancer Research and Neurology.

Frequent publication venues for Luca Bonfanti include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Neural Regeneration Research
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Brain Structure and Function
  • eLife

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Brain Structural Plasticity: From Adult Neurogenesis to Immature Neurons," 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • "Phylogenetic Variation in Cortical Layer II Immature Neuron Reservoir of Mammals," 2020, eLife
  • "The PSA-NCAM-Positive 'Immature' Neurons: An Old Discovery Providing New Vistas on Brain Structural Plasticity," 2021, Cells
  • "Brain Plasticity in Humans and Model Systems: Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Adult Neurogenesis and 'Immature' Neurons in Mammals: An Evolutionary Trade-Off in Plasticity?," 2023, Brain Structure and Function

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including Marco Ghibaudi, Chiara La Rosa, Chet C. Sherwood, Sébastien Couillard-Després, and Chris G. Faulkes. This network of collaborators supports a diverse and interdisciplinary approach to their research.

Best Publications

  • Multipotent Neural Stem Cells Reside into the Rostral Extension and Olfactory Bulb of Adult Rodents

    Angela Gritti;Luca Bonfanti;Fiona Doetsch;Isabelle Caille

  • PSA-NCAM in mammalian structural plasticity and neurogenesis

    Luca Bonfanti

  • Neural Stem Cells An Overview

    Rossella Galli;Angela Gritti;Luca Bonfanti;Angelo Luigi Vescovi

  • Mapping of the distribution of polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule throughout the central nervous system of the adult rat: An immunohistochemical study

    L. Bonfanti;S. Olive;D.A. Poulain;D.T. Theodosis

  • Cell cycle and lineage progression of neural progenitors in the ventricular-subventricular zones of adult mice.

    Giovanna Ponti;Kirsten Obernier;Cristina Guinto;Lingu Jose

  • Glial tubes in the rostral migratory stream of the adult rat

    Paolo Peretto;Adalberto Merighi;Aldo Fasolo;Luca Bonfanti

  • Brain regeneration in physiology and pathology: the immune signature driving therapeutic plasticity of neural stem cells.

    Gianvito Martino;Stefano Pluchino;Luca Bonfanti;Michal Schwartz

  • Expression of polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule by proliferating cells in the subependymal layer of the adult rat, in its rostral extension and in the olfactory bulb.

    L. Bonfanti;D.T. Theodosis

  • The subependymal layer in rodents: a site of structural plasticity and cell migration in the adult mammalian brain.

    Paolo Peretto;Adalberto Merighi;Aldo Fasolo;Luca Bonfanti

  • Carnosine-related dipeptides in the mammalian brain

    L Bonfanti;P Peretto;S De Marchis;A Fasolo

  • Chain formation and glial tube assembly in the shift from neonatal to adult subventricular zone of the rodent forebrain.

    Paolo Marcello Peretto;C. Giachino;Patrizia Aimar;Aldo Fasolo

  • Adult neurogenesis in mammals--a theme with many variations.

    Luca Bonfanti;Paolo Marcello Peretto

  • Apoptotic cell death induced by optic nerve lesion in the neonatal rat

    SA Rabacchi;L Bonfanti;XH Liu;L Maffei

  • Genesis of neuronal and glial progenitors in the cerebellar cortex of peripuberal and adult rabbits.

    Giovanna Ponti;Paolo Peretto;Luca Bonfanti

  • Insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1) distribution in the rat central nervous system

    F. Folli;Luca Bonfanti;E. Renard;C. R. Kahn

  • Radial glial origin of the adult neural stem cells in the subventricular zone

    Luca Bonfanti;Paolo Marcello Peretto

  • Shc signaling in differentiating neural progenitor cells

    Luciano Conti;Simonetta Sipione;Lorenzo Magrassi;Luca Bonfanti

  • Noncanonical Sites of Adult Neurogenesis in the Mammalian Brain.

    David M. Feliciano;Angélique Bordey;Luca Bonfanti

  • DCX and PSA-NCAM Expression Identifies a Population of Neurons Preferentially Distributed in Associative Areas of Different Pallial Derivatives and Vertebrate Species

    Federico Luzzati;Luca Bonfanti;Aldo Fasolo;Paolo Marcello Peretto

  • Glia-independent chains of neuroblasts through the subcortical parenchyma of the adult rabbit brain.

    F. Luzzati;P. Peretto;P. Aimar;G. Ponti

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Peretto
Paolo Peretto University of Turin
Aldo Fasolo
Aldo Fasolo University of Turin
Adalberto Merighi
Adalberto Merighi University of Turin
Dionysia T. Theodosis
Dionysia T. Theodosis Grenoble Alpes University
Dominique A. Poulain
Dominique A. Poulain Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Juan Nacher
Juan Nacher University of Valencia
Ferdinando Rossi
Ferdinando Rossi University of Turin
Lamberto Maffei
Lamberto Maffei National Research Council (CNR)
Arturo Alvarez-Buylla
Arturo Alvarez-Buylla University of California, San Francisco
Tatsunori Seki
Tatsunori Seki Tokyo Medical University

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