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Massimo Pandolfo

Massimo Pandolfo

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Genetics

D-Index
88
Citations
32396
World Ranking
1156
National Ranking
39

Medicine

D-Index
88
Citations
32678
World Ranking
13040
National Ranking
534

Overview

Massimo Pandolfo is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has a substantial body of work in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, neuroscience, and medicine. They have focused particularly on research related to genetic neurodegenerative diseases and mitochondrial function and pathology.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Subfields within these areas where Pandolfo has contributed significantly are:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Neurology
  • Genetics
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Their research topics cover:

  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Hereditary Neurological Disorders

Massimo Pandolfo has published frequently in several journals, including:

  • Neurology Genetics
  • Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
  • Scientific Reports
  • Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
  • PLoS ONE

Recent publications by Pandolfo demonstrate their focus on neurodegenerative diseases and related neurological impacts:

  • Progression characteristics of the European Friedreich's Ataxia Consortium for Translational Studies (EFACTS): a 4-year cohort study, 2021, The Lancet Neurology
  • Onset features and time to diagnosis in Friedreich's Ataxia, 2020, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
  • Primary proprioceptive neurons from human induced pluripotent stem cells: a cell model for afferent ataxias, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Cerebellar cognitive disorder parallels cerebellar motor symptoms in Friedreich ataxia, 2020, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
  • Central Nervous System Therapeutic Targets in Friedreich Ataxia, 2020, Human Gene Therapy

They frequently collaborate with the following coauthors:

  • Kathrin Reetz
  • Jörg B. Schulz
  • Alexandra Dürr
  • Lüdger Schöls
  • Imis Dogan

Best Publications

  • Friedreich's Ataxia: Autosomal Recessive Disease Caused by an Intronic GAA Triplet Repeat Expansion

    Victoria Campuzano;Laura Montermini;Maria Dolores Moltò;Luigi Pianese

  • Scale for the assessment and rating of ataxia: development of a new clinical scale.

    T Schmitz-Hübsch;S Tezenas du Montcel;L Baliko;J Berciano

  • HLA-A*3101 and carbamazepine-induced hypersensitivity reactions in Europeans

    Mark McCormack;Ana Alfirevic;Stephane Bourgeois;John J. Farrell

  • Regulation of Mitochondrial Iron Accumulation by Yfh1p, a Putative Homolog of Frataxin

    Michael Babcock;Michael Babcock;Deepika de Silva;Deepika de Silva;Robert Oaks;Robert Oaks;Sandra Davis-Kaplan;Sandra Davis-Kaplan

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

    Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

  • Frataxin is Reduced in Friedreich Ataxia Patients and is Associated with Mitochondrial Membranes

    Victoria Campuzano;Laura Montermini;Yves Lutz;Lidia Cova

  • The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

    Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

  • Identification of common variants associated with human hippocampal and intracranial volumes

    Jason L Stein;Sarah E Medland;Sarah E Medland;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Derrek P Hibar

  • Genetic risk factors for ischaemic stroke and its subtypes (the METASTROKE collaboration): a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies.

    Matthew Traylor;Martin Farrall;Elizabeth G Holliday;Cathie Sudlow

  • Senataxin, the ortholog of a yeast RNA helicase, is mutant in ataxia-ocular apraxia 2

    M C Moreira;S Klur;M Watanabe;A H Nemeth

  • Friedreich's ataxia: Point mutations and clinical presentation of compound heterozygotes

    Mireille Cossée;A Dürr;M. Schmitt;N Dahl

  • Friedreich ataxia: the clinical picture.

    Massimo Pandolfo

  • Mutations in DEPDC5 cause familial focal epilepsy with variable foci

    Leanne M Dibbens;Boukje de Vries;Simona Donatello;Sarah E Heron

  • Sticky DNA: self-association properties of long GAA.TTC repeats in R.R.Y triplex structures from Friedreich's ataxia.

    Naoaki Sakamoto;Paul D. Chastain;Pawel Parniewski;Keiichi Ohshima

  • Inhibitory effects of expanded GAA.TTC triplet repeats from intron I of the Friedreich ataxia gene on transcription and replication in vivo.

    Keiichi Ohshima;Laura Montermini;Robert D. Wells;Massimo Pandolfo;Massimo Pandolfo

  • Diagnosis and treatment of Friedreich ataxia: a European perspective

    Jörg B. Schulz;Sylvia Boesch;Katrin Bürk;Alexandra Dürr

  • Spinocerebellar ataxia types 1, 2, 3, and 6 Disease severity and nonataxia symptoms

    T Schmitz-Hübsch;M Coudert;Peter Bauer;P Giunti

  • Rare deletions at 16p13.11 predispose to a diverse spectrum of sporadic epilepsy syndromes.

    Erin L. Heinzen;Rodney A. Radtke;Thomas J. Urban;Gianpiero L. Cavalleri

  • Phenotypic variability in friedreich ataxia: Role of the associated GAA triplet repeat expansion

    Laura Montermini;Andrea Richeter;Kenneth Morgan;Cristina M. Justice

  • Genetic risk factors for ischaemic stroke and its subtypes (the METASTROKE Collaboration): a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies | NOVA. The University of Newcastle's Digital Repository

    Matthew Traylor;Martin Farrall;Unnur Thorsteinsdottir;Mike A. Nalls

Frequent Co-Authors

Chantal Depondt
Chantal Depondt Université Libre de Bruxelles
Alexandra Durr
Alexandra Durr Sorbonne University
Ludger Schöls
Ludger Schöls University of Tübingen
Paola Giunti
Paola Giunti University College London
Jörg B. Schulz
Jörg B. Schulz RWTH Aachen University
Norman Delanty
Norman Delanty Beaumont Hospital
Eva Andermann
Eva Andermann McGill University
Béla Melegh
Béla Melegh University of Pecs
Gianpiero L. Cavalleri
Gianpiero L. Cavalleri Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Ingrid E. Scheffer
Ingrid E. Scheffer University of Melbourne

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