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D-Index
40
Citations
33535
World Ranking
7958
National Ranking
430

Maria Teresa Viscomi publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maria Teresa Viscomi sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 99 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Maria Teresa Viscomi D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maria Teresa Viscomi sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 40 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Maria Teresa Viscomi is affiliated with the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Italy. Their research spans key areas in medicine, neuroscience, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on neurological conditions and molecular mechanisms underlying brain disorders.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader fields, the scientist has contributed extensively to subfields such as neurology, molecular biology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience. Other notable subfields include pharmacology and immunology.

  • Neurology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Pharmacology
  • Immunology

The topics addressed in their research cover both disease mechanisms and therapeutic approaches. These include neurological disorders and treatments, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, and specialized research on Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. The scientist has also worked on areas involving transcranial magnetic stimulation, extracellular vesicles, and tryptophan's role in brain disorders.

  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders

Frequent collaborators in the scientist's work include Livia La Barbera, Marcello D'Amelio, Annalisa Nobili, Paolo Calabresi, and Claudia Palazzo.

  • Livia La Barbera
  • Marcello D'Amelio
  • Annalisa Nobili
  • Paolo Calabresi
  • Claudia Palazzo

Important venues where their research has appeared with multiple publications include Molecular Neurodegeneration, Movement Disorders, npj Parkinson's Disease, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences.

  • Molecular Neurodegeneration
  • Movement Disorders
  • npj Parkinson's Disease
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Significant recent papers authored by or involving this scientist include:

  • Nilotinib restores memory function by preventing dopaminergic neuron degeneration in a mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease (2021, Progress in Neurobiology)
  • Interleukin-17 affects synaptic plasticity and cognition in an experimental model of multiple sclerosis (2021, Cell Reports)
  • Exposure to different early-life stress experiences results in differentially altered DNA methylation in the brain and immune system (2020, Neurobiology of Stress)
  • Intensive exercise ameliorates motor and cognitive symptoms in experimental Parkinson's disease restoring striatal synaptic plasticity (2023, Science Advances)
  • Upregulation of Ca2+-binding proteins contributes to VTA dopamine neuron survival in the early phases of Alzheimer's disease in Tg2576 mice (2022, Molecular Neurodegeneration)

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Dopamine neuronal loss contributes to memory and reward dysfunction in a model of Alzheimer’s disease

    Annalisa Nobili;Emanuele Claudio Latagliata;Maria Teresa Viscomi;Virve Cavallucci

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Selective CB2 Receptor Agonism Protects Central Neurons from Remote Axotomy-Induced Apoptosis through the PI3K/Akt Pathway

    Maria Teresa Viscomi;Sergio Oddi;Laura Latini;Nicoletta Pasquariello

  • Impairment of bidirectional synaptic plasticity in the striatum of a mouse model of DYT1 dystonia: role of endogenous acetylcholine

    Giuseppina Martella;Annalisa Tassone;Giuseppe Sciamanna;Paola Platania

  • Up-regulation of P2X2, P2X4 receptor and ischemic cell death: prevention by P2 antagonists.

    F. Cavaliere;F. Florenzano;S. Amadio;F.R. Fusco

  • Distinct levels of dopamine denervation differentially alter striatal synaptic plasticity and NMDA receptor subunit composition

    Vincent Paillé;Barbara Picconi;Vincenza Bagetta;Veronica Ghiglieri

  • N-Arachidonoyl-Dopamine Tunes Synaptic Transmission onto Dopaminergic Neurons by Activating both Cannabinoid and Vanilloid Receptors

    Silvia Marinelli;Vincenzo Di Marzo;Fulvio Florenzano;Filomena Fezza

  • Blunting neuroinflammation with resolvin D1 prevents early pathology in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease

    Paraskevi Krashia;Alberto Cordella;Annalisa Nobili;Livia La Barbera

  • P2X2R purinergic receptor subunit mRNA and protein are expressed by all hypothalamic hypocretin/orexin neurons.

    Fulvio Florenzano;Maria Teresa Viscomi;Valentina Mercaldo;Patrizia Longone

  • Interleukin-17 affects synaptic plasticity and cognition in an experimental model of multiple sclerosis.

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  • Altered Functionality, Morphology, and Vesicular Glutamate Transporter Expression of Cortical Motor Neurons from a Presymptomatic Mouse Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    L. Saba;M. T. Viscomi;S. Caioli;A. Pignataro

  • Resolvin D1 Halts Remote Neuroinflammation and Improves Functional Recovery after Focal Brain Damage Via ALX/FPR2 Receptor-Regulated MicroRNAs

    Elisa Bisicchia;Valeria Sasso;Giuseppina Catanzaro;Alessandro Leuti

  • Stimulation of autophagy by rapamycin protects neurons from remote degeneration after acute focal brain damage

    Maria Teresa Viscomi;Marcello D'Amelio;Virve Cavallucci;Laura Latini

  • Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation reduces remote apoptotic cell death and inflammation after focal brain injury.

    Valeria Sasso;Elisa Bisicchia;Laura Latini;Veronica Ghiglieri

  • Nilotinib restores memory function by preventing dopaminergic neuron degeneration in a mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease.

    Livia La Barbera;Francescangelo Vedele;Annalisa Nobili;Paraskevi Krashia

  • Impaired striatal D2 receptor function leads to enhanced GABA transmission in a mouse model of DYT1 dystonia.

    Giuseppe Sciamanna;Paola Bonsi;Annalisa Tassone;Dario Cuomo

  • Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 1 Mediates the Electrophysiological and Toxic Actions of the Cycad Derivative β-N-Methylamino-l-Alanine on Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta DAergic Neurons

    Maria Letizia Cucchiaroni;Maria Teresa Viscomi;Giorgio Bernardi;Marco Molinari

  • Acute focal brain damage alters mitochondrial dynamics and autophagy in axotomized neurons

    V Cavallucci;E Bisicchia;M T Cencioni;A Ferri

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcello D'Amelio
Marcello D'Amelio University of Rome Tor Vergata
Giorgio Bernardi
Giorgio Bernardi University of Rome Tor Vergata
Nicola B. Mercuri
Nicola B. Mercuri University of Rome Tor Vergata
Mauro Maccarrone
Mauro Maccarrone University of L'Aquila
Stefano Puglisi-Allegra
Stefano Puglisi-Allegra Sapienza University of Rome
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Francesco Cecconi
Francesco Cecconi Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Boris Zhivotovsky
Boris Zhivotovsky Karolinska Institute

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