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Maria Luisa Scattoni

Maria Luisa Scattoni

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Neuroscience

D-Index
48
Citations
9283
World Ranking
6177
National Ranking
315

Overview

Maria Luisa Scattoni is affiliated with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Italy. Their research predominantly focuses on areas intersecting neuroscience, medicine, and psychology, with significant contributions to autism spectrum disorder and related developmental and clinical fields.

The scientist has published extensively in fields such as:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Their work further delves into subfields including:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Genetics
  • Education

Maria Luisa Scattoni's research topics include:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Infant Health and Development

The scientist has contributed to numerous publications, often collaborating with researchers Martina Micai, Francesca Fulceri, Angela Caruso, Laura Maria Fatta, and Letizia Gila. These collaborations reflect a strong integration in autism and neurodevelopmental research networks.

The primary publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Psychiatry (8 publications)
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (6 publications)
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (6 publications)
  • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (4 publications)
  • Autism Research (3 publications)

Recent notable papers by Maria Luisa Scattoni encompass:

  • Prevalence of co-occurring conditions in children and adults with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2023, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Brain mapping across 16 autism mouse models reveals a spectrum of functional connectivity subtypes, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Ultrasonic vocalizations as a fundamental tool for early and adult behavioral phenotyping of Autism Spectrum Disorder rodent models, 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Early behavioral markers for neurodevelopmental disorders in the first 3 years of life: An overview of systematic reviews, 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Ultrasonic vocalizations in laboratory mice: strain, age, and sex differences, 2022, Genes Brain & Behavior

Best Publications

  • Haploinsufficiency of the autism-associated Shank3 gene leads to deficits in synaptic function, social interaction, and social communication.

    Ozlem Bozdagi;Takeshi Sakurai;Danae Papapetrou;Xiaobin Wang

  • Unusual Repertoire of Vocalizations in the BTBR T+tf/J Mouse Model of Autism

    Maria Luisa Scattoni;Shruti U. Gandhy;Laura Ricceri;Jacqueline N. Crawley

  • Ultrasonic vocalizations: A tool for behavioural phenotyping of mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders

    Maria Luisa Scattoni;Jacqueline Crawley;Laura Ricceri

  • Reduced Excitatory Neurotransmission and Mild Autism-Relevant Phenotypes in Adolescent Shank3 Null Mutant Mice

    Mu Yang;Ozlem Bozdagi;Maria Luisa Scattoni;Maria Luisa Scattoni;Markus Wöhr;Markus Wöhr

  • Unusual Repertoire of Vocalizations in Adult BTBR T+tf/J Mice During Three Types of Social Encounters

    Maria Luisa Scattoni;Laura Ricceri;Jacqueline N. Crawley

  • Minimal aberrant behavioral phenotypes of neuroligin-3 R451C knockin mice.

    Kathryn K. Chadman;Shiaoching Gong;Shiaoching Gong;Maria L. Scattoni;Sarah E. Boltuck

  • Anxiolytic-Like Properties of the Anandamide Transport Inhibitor AM404

    Marco Bortolato;Patrizia Campolongo;Regina Anne Mangieri;Maria Luisa Scattoni

  • Chronic and Acute Intranasal Oxytocin Produce Divergent Social Effects in Mice

    Huiping Huang;Caterina Michetti;Marta Busnelli;Francesca Managò

  • Association of mouse Dlg4 (PSD-95) gene deletion and human DLG4 gene variation with phenotypes relevant to autism spectrum disorders and Williams' syndrome.

    Michael Feyder;Rose-Marie Karlsson;Poonam Mathur;Matthew Lyman

  • Behavioural methods used in rodent models of autism spectrum disorders: current standards and new developments.

    Markus Wöhr;Maria Luisa Scattoni

  • The female urine sniffing test: a novel approach for assessing reward-seeking behavior in rodents.

    Oz Malkesman;Maria Luisa Scattoni;Maria Luisa Scattoni;Daniel Paredes;Tyson Tragon

  • Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder in a large Italian catchment area: a school-based population study within the ASDEU project.

    A. Narzisi;M. Posada;F. Barbieri;N. Chericoni

  • Translating mouse vocalizations: Prosody and frequency modulation

    Garet P. Lahvis;Enrico Alleva;Maria Luisa Scattoni

  • Social approach behaviors are similar on conventional versus reverse lighting cycles, and in replications across cohorts, in BTBR T+ tf/J, C57BL/6J, and vasopressin receptor 1B mutant mice.

    Mu Yang;Maria Luisa Scattoni;Vladimir Zhodzishsky;Thomas Chen

  • Reduced ultrasonic vocalizations in vasopressin 1b knockout mice.

    M. L. Scattoni;H. G. McFarlane;V. Zhodzishsky;H. K. Caldwell

  • Reduced social interaction, behavioural flexibility and BDNF signalling in the BTBR T+ tf/J strain, a mouse model of autism.

    M.L. Scattoni;A. Martire;G. Cartocci;A. Ferrante

  • Developmental delays and reduced pup ultrasonic vocalizations but normal sociability in mice lacking the postsynaptic cell adhesion protein neuroligin2

    Markus Wöhr;Jill L. Silverman;Maria L. Scattoni;Sarah M. Turner

  • Neuroimaging evidence of major morpho-anatomical and functional abnormalities in the BTBR T+TF/J mouse model of autism.

    Luca Dodero;Mario Damiano;Alberto Galbusera;Angelo Bifone

  • Prevalence of co-occurring conditions in children and adults with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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  • Altered Neocortical Gene Expression, Brain Overgrowth and Functional Over-Connectivity in Chd8 Haploinsufficient Mice.

    Philipp Suetterlin;Shaun Hurley;Conor Mohan;Kimberley L H Riegman

  • Cognitive and neurological deficits induced by early and prolonged basal forebrain cholinergic hypofunction in rats.

    Laura Ricceri;Luisa Minghetti;Anna Moles;Patrizia Popoli

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura Ricceri
Laura Ricceri Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Gemma Calamandrei
Gemma Calamandrei Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Alessandro Gozzi
Alessandro Gozzi Italian Institute of Technology
Jacqueline N. Crawley
Jacqueline N. Crawley University of California, Davis
Massimo Pasqualetti
Massimo Pasqualetti University of Pisa
Luise Poustka
Luise Poustka University of Göttingen
Filippo Muratori
Filippo Muratori University of Pisa
Jacob Ellegood
Jacob Ellegood University of Toronto
Markus Wöhr
Markus Wöhr Philipp University of Marburg
Tony Charman
Tony Charman King's College London

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