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Maurizio Giustetto

Maurizio Giustetto

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Neuroscience

D-Index
41
Citations
11022
World Ranking
7754
National Ranking
419

Maurizio Giustetto 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 Maurizio Giustetto sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 82 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maurizio Giustetto 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 Maurizio Giustetto sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Maurizio Giustetto is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. The subfields they focus on include Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pollution, and Plant Science.

The main topics covered in their work involve Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies, Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity, Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, RNA Research and Splicing, and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways.

Maurizio Giustetto has contributed to multiple publication venues with frequent appearances in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Genetics in Medicine, Journal of Neuroscience, The Journal of Physiology, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Pre- and postnatal exposure to glyphosate-based herbicide causes behavioral and cognitive impairments in adult mice: evidence of cortical ad hippocampal dysfunction (2020, Archives of Toxicology)
  • Age-Related Cognitive and Motor Decline in a Mouse Model of CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder is Associated with Increased Neuronal Senescence and Death (2021, Aging and Disease)
  • Amyloid Beta42 oligomers up-regulate the excitatory synapses by potentiating presynaptic release while impairing postsynaptic NMDA receptors (2020, The Journal of Physiology)
  • Nuclear ERK1/2 signaling potentiation enhances neuroprotection and cognition via Importinα1/KPNA2 (2023, EMBO Molecular Medicine)
  • Expression of a Secretable, Cell-Penetrating CDKL5 Protein Enhances the Efficacy of Gene Therapy for CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder (2022, Neurotherapeutics)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Maurizio Giustetto are:

  • Antonia Gurgone
  • Andrea Marcantoni
  • Giuseppe Chiantia
  • Riccardo Pizzo
  • Alessandra Raspanti

The recurring themes in Maurizio Giustetto's research reflect an emphasis on understanding molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying neurological conditions, with particular attention to developmental disorders and environmental impacts on neurobiology.

Best Publications

  • Synaptic Pruning by Microglia Is Necessary for Normal Brain Development

    Rosa C. Paolicelli;Giulia Bolasco;Francesca Pagani;Laura Maggi

  • Integration of Long-Term-Memory-Related Synaptic Plasticity Involves Bidirectional Regulation of Gene Expression and Chromatin Structure

    Zhonghui Guan;Maurizio Giustetto;Maurizio Giustetto;Stavros Lomvardas;Joung-Hun Kim

  • A Transient, Neuron-Wide Form of CREB-Mediated Long-Term Facilitation Can Be Stabilized at Specific Synapses by Local Protein Synthesis

    Andrea Casadio;Kelsey C Martin;Maurizio Giustetto;Huixiang Zhu

  • A Neuronal Isoform of CPEB Regulates Local Protein Synthesis and Stabilizes Synapse-Specific Long-Term Facilitation in Aplysia

    Kausik Si;Maurizio Giustetto;Amit Etkin;Ruby Hsu

  • Is heterosynaptic modulation essential for stabilizing Hebbian plasticity and memory

    Craig H. Bailey;Maurizio Giustetto;Yan-You Huang;Robert D. Hawkins

  • Learning, AMPA receptor mobility and synaptic plasticity depend on n-cofilin-mediated actin dynamics

    Marco B Rust;Marco B Rust;Christine B Gurniak;Christine B Gurniak;Marianne Renner;Marianne Renner;Hugo Vara

  • Reduced AKT/mTOR signaling and protein synthesis dysregulation in a Rett syndrome animal model

    Sara Ricciardi;Elena M. Boggio;Stefano Grosso;Giuseppina Lonetti

  • Preclinical research in Rett syndrome: Setting the foundation for translational success

    David M. Katz;Joanne E. Berger-Sweeney;James H. Eubanks;Monica J. Justice

  • Early environmental enrichment moderates the behavioral and synaptic phenotype of MeCP2 null mice.

    Giuseppina Lonetti;Andrea Angelucci;Laura Morando;Elena M. Boggio

  • Mapping Pathological Phenotypes in a Mouse Model of CDKL5 Disorder

    Elena Amendola;Yang Zhan;Camilla Mattucci;Enrico Castroflorio

  • Profilin2 contributes to synaptic vesicle exocytosis, neuronal excitability, and novelty-seeking behavior

    Pietro Pilo Boyl;Alessia Di Nardo;Christophe Mulle;Marco Sassoè-Pognetto

  • Pharmacological enhancement of mGlu5 receptors rescues behavioral deficits in SHANK3 knock-out mice.

    C Vicidomini;L Ponzoni;D Lim;M J Schmeisser

  • Dendritic Spine Instability in a Mouse Model of CDKL5 Disorder Is Rescued by Insulin-like Growth Factor 1

    Grazia Della Sala;Elena Putignano;Gabriele Chelini;Riccardo Melani

  • A postsynaptic signaling pathway that may account for the cognitive defect due to IL1RAPL1 mutation

    Alice Pavlowsky;Antonella Gianfelice;Marta Pallotto;Alice Zanchi

  • Endocytosis of synaptic ADAM10 in neuronal plasticity and Alzheimer's disease

    Elena Marcello;Claudia Saraceno;Stefano Musardo;Hugo Vara

  • CBP is required for environmental enrichment-induced neurogenesis and cognitive enhancement.

    Jose P Lopez-Atalaya;Alessandro Ciccarelli;Alessandro Ciccarelli;Jose Viosca;Luis M Valor

  • Presynaptic co-localization of carnosine and glutamate in olfactory neurones

    Marco Sassoè-Pognetto;Dario Cantino;Patrizia Panzanelli;Ludovica Verdun di Cantogno

  • Ras-guanine nucleotide-releasing factor 1 (Ras-GRF1) controls activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling in the striatum and long-term behavioral responses to cocaine.

    Stefania Fasano;Angela D'Antoni;Paul C. Orban;Emmanuel Valjent

  • Axonal transport of eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1α mRNA couples transcription in the nucleus to long-term facilitation at the synapse

    Maurizio Giustetto;Ashok N. Hegde;Kausik Si;Andrea Casadio

  • A novel function for serotonin-mediated short-term facilitation in Aplysia: Conversion of a transient, cell-wide homosynaptic Hebbian plasticity into a persistent, protein synthesis-independent synapse-specific enhancement

    Craig H. Bailey;Maurizio Giustetto;Hiuxiang Zhu;Mary Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Sassoè-Pognetto
Marco Sassoè-Pognetto University of Turin
Tommaso Pizzorusso
Tommaso Pizzorusso University of Florence
Eric R. Kandel
Eric R. Kandel Columbia University
Cornelius Gross
Cornelius Gross European Bioinformatics Institute
Fabrizio Gardoni
Fabrizio Gardoni University of Milan
Carlo Sala
Carlo Sala University of Milan
Lucas Pozzo-Miller
Lucas Pozzo-Miller University of Alabama at Birmingham
James H. Schwartz
James H. Schwartz Columbia University
Alessandro Padovani
Alessandro Padovani University of Brescia
Barbara Borroni
Barbara Borroni University of Brescia

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