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Neuroscience

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63
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Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Paola Bovolenta is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research focuses on molecular aspects of retinal development and neural processes, integrating studies in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. They have contributed substantially to understanding mechanisms underlying neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, and developmental regulation in vertebrates.

The main fields of study in Bovolenta's work include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields explored in their publications cover:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology
  • Neurology
  • Immunology
  • Physiology

The primary research topics featured in Bovolenta's profile are:

  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • S100 Proteins and Annexins
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Bovolenta's frequent coauthors include:

  • María Jesús Martín-Bermejo
  • Guadalupe Pereyra
  • Marcos J. Cardozo
  • Javier Rueda-Carrasco
  • Pilar Esteve

The scientist has published multiple articles across notable venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Development
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Nature Communications

Significant papers authored or co-authored by Bovolenta include:

  • "SFRP1 modulates astrocyte-to-microglia crosstalk in acute and chronic neuroinflammation" (2021, EMBO Reports)
  • "Stretching of the retinal pigment epithelium contributes to zebrafish optic cup morphogenesis" (2021, eLife)
  • "Optic cup morphogenesis across species and related inborn human eye defects" (2023, Development)
  • "Analysis of gene network bifurcation during optic cup morphogenesis in zebrafish" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Foxd1-dependent induction of a temporal retinal character is required for visual function" (2022, Development)

Paola Bovolenta has also been recognized as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), an affiliation that indicates engagement within the molecular biology community at the European level.

Best Publications

  • Beyond Wnt inhibition: new functions of secreted Frizzled-related proteins in development and disease.

    Paola Bovolenta;Pilar Esteve;Pilar Esteve;Jose Maria Ruiz;Jose Maria Ruiz;Elsa Cisneros;Elsa Cisneros

  • Cux1 and Cux2 regulate dendritic branching, spine morphology and synapses of the upper layer neurons of the cortex

    Beatriz Cubelos;Alvaro Sebastián-Serrano;Leonardo Beccari;Maria Elisa Calcagnotto

  • Growth cone morphology varies with position in the developing mouse visual pathway from retina to first targets

    P Bovolenta;C Mason

  • Eye development: a view from the retina pigmented epithelium.

    Juan Ramón Martínez-Morales;Isabel Rodrigo;Paola Bovolenta

  • Sonic hedgehog in CNS development: one signal, multiple outputs.

    Elisa Martí;Paola Bovolenta

  • Otx genes are required for tissue specification in the developing eye

    Juan Ramon Martinez-Morales;Massimo Signore;Massimo Signore;Dario Acampora;Antonio Simeone

  • Development of cerebellar astroglia: transitions in form and cytoskeletal content

    Paola Bovolenta;Ronald K.H. Liem;Carol Ann Mason

  • Guidance of commissural growth cones at the floor plate in embryonic rat spinal cord.

    P. Bovolenta;J. Dodd

  • Nervous system proteoglycans as modulators of neurite outgrowth.

    Paola Bovolenta;Isabel Fernaud-Espinosa

  • Genomic cloning and characterization of the human homeobox gene SIX6 reveals a cluster of SIX genes in chromosome 14 and associates SIX6 hemizygosity with bilateral anophthalmia and pituitary anomalies.

    M.Esther Gallardo;Javier Lopez-Rios;Isabel Fernaud-Espinosa;Begoña Granadino

  • OTX2 activates the molecular network underlying retina pigment epithelium differentiation.

    Juan Ramón Martínez-Morales;Vincent Dolez;Isabel Rodrigo;Raffaella Zaccarini

  • Differentiation of the Vertebrate Retina Is Coordinated by an FGF Signaling Center

    Juan-Ramon Martinez-Morales;Juan-Ramon Martinez-Morales;Filippo Del Bene;Gabriela Nica;Matthias Hammerschmidt

  • Perturbation of neuronal differentiation and axon guidance in the spinal cord of mouse embryos lacking a floor plate: analysis of Danforth's short-tail mutation.

    P. Bovolenta;J. Dodd

  • miR-204 is required for lens and retinal development via Meis2 targeting.

    Ivan Conte;Sabrina Carrella;Raffaella Avellino;Marianthi Karali

  • Control of retinal ganglion cell axon growth: a new role for Sonic hedgehog

    Françoise Trousse;Elisa Martí;Peter Gruss;Miguel Torres

  • Chapter 31: CNS glial scar tissue: a source of molecules which inhibit central neurite outgrowth

    P. Bovolenta;F. Wandosell;M. Nieto-Sampedro

  • Bmp4 mediates apoptotic cell death in the developing chick eye.

    Françoise Trousse;Pilar Esteve;Paola Bovolenta

  • Implication of OTX2 in Pigment Epithelium Determination and Neural Retina Differentiation

    Paola Bovolenta;Antonello Mallamaci;Paola Briata;Giorgio Corte

  • SFRP1 regulates the growth of retinal ganglion cell axons through the Fz2 receptor

    Josana Rodriguez;Pilar Esteve;Christine Weinl;José María Ruiz

  • Proper patterning of the optic fissure requires the sequential activity of BMP7 and SHH

    Julian Morcillo;Juan Ramon Martínez-Morales;Françoise Trousse;Yasmin Fermin

  • Vax2 inactivation in mouse determines alteration of the eye dorsal-ventral axis, misrouting of the optic fibres and eye coloboma.

    Anna Maria Barbieri;Vania Broccoli;Paola Bovolenta;Giovanna Alfano

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel Nieto-Sampedro
Manuel Nieto-Sampedro Spanish National Research Council
Peggy J. Farnham
Peggy J. Farnham University of Southern California
Kathleen J. Millen
Kathleen J. Millen Seattle Children's Hospital
Robert F. Hevner
Robert F. Hevner University of California, San Diego
Bruce E. Torbett
Bruce E. Torbett Seattle Children's Hospital
Elizabeth M. Simpson
Elizabeth M. Simpson University of British Columbia
Wyeth W. Wasserman
Wyeth W. Wasserman University of British Columbia
Reiner A. Veitia
Reiner A. Veitia Université Paris Cité
Santiago Rodríguez de Córdoba
Santiago Rodríguez de Córdoba Spanish National Research Council
Sylvie Mader
Sylvie Mader University of Montreal

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