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Paolo Peretto

Paolo Peretto

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Neuroscience

D-Index
33
Citations
4922
World Ranking
9444
National Ranking
524

Overview

Paolo Peretto is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, particularly in areas intersecting developmental neuroscience, social psychology, and reproductive medicine. The main field of study encompasses 20 publications under neuroscience, with significant attention to subfields such as developmental neuroscience, social psychology, reproductive medicine, sensory systems, and neurology.

Their work covers a range of topics including neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones, olfactory and sensory function studies, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, axon guidance and neuronal signaling, as well as mitochondrial function and pathology.

Paolo Peretto has published in several journals, with frequent venues including:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • Disease Models & Mechanisms
  • Glia

Their recent scholarly papers are:

  • "A GnRH neuronal population in the olfactory bulb translates socially relevant odors into reproductive behavior in male mice" (2024) published in Nature Neuroscience
  • "Sex Steroids and the Shaping of the Peripubertal Brain: The Sexual-Dimorphic Set-Up of Adult Neurogenesis" (2021) published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Neurogranin Regulates Adult-Born Olfactory Granule Cell Spine Density and Odor-Reward Associative Memory in Mice" (2021) published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "HPG-Dependent Peri-Pubertal Regulation of Adult Neurogenesis in Mice" (2020) published in Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
  • "NR2F1 shapes mitochondria in the mouse brain, providing new insights into Bosch-Boonstra-Schaaf optic atrophy syndrome" (2023) published in Disease Models & Mechanisms

Frequent collaborators contributing to Paolo Peretto's research include Serena Bovetti, Federico Luzzati, Sara Bonzano, Giulia Nato, and Silvia De Marchis.

Best Publications

  • Postnatal repeated maternal deprivation produces age-dependent changes of brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in selected rat brain regions.

    Mila Roceri;Francesca Cirulli;Cassandra Pessina;Paolo Peretto

  • Glial tubes in the rostral migratory stream of the adult rat

    Paolo Peretto;Adalberto Merighi;Aldo Fasolo;Luca Bonfanti

  • The subependymal layer in rodents: a site of structural plasticity and cell migration in the adult mammalian brain.

    Paolo Peretto;Adalberto Merighi;Aldo Fasolo;Luca Bonfanti

  • Carnosine-related dipeptides in the mammalian brain

    L Bonfanti;P Peretto;S De Marchis;A Fasolo

  • Generation of Distinct Types of Periglomerular Olfactory Bulb Interneurons during Development and in Adult Mice: Implication for Intrinsic Properties of the Subventricular Zone Progenitor Population

    Silvia De Marchis;Serena Bovetti;Barbara Carletti;Yi-Chun Hsieh

  • Chain formation and glial tube assembly in the shift from neonatal to adult subventricular zone of the rodent forebrain.

    Paolo Marcello Peretto;C. Giachino;Patrizia Aimar;Aldo Fasolo

  • Adult neurogenesis in mammals--a theme with many variations.

    Luca Bonfanti;Paolo Marcello Peretto

  • cAMP Response Element-Binding Protein Regulates Differentiation and Survival of Newborn Neurons in the Olfactory Bulb

    Claudio Giachino;Silvia De Marchis;Costanza Giampietro;Rosanna Parlato

  • Neurogenesis in the Caudate Nucleus of the Adult Rabbit

    Federico Luzzati;Silvia De Marchis;Aldo Fasolo;Paolo Peretto

  • Genesis of neuronal and glial progenitors in the cerebellar cortex of peripuberal and adult rabbits.

    Giovanna Ponti;Paolo Peretto;Luca Bonfanti

  • BDNF/ TrkB interaction regulates migration of SVZ precursor cells via PI3-K and MAP-K signalling pathways.

    S. Chiaramello;G. Dalmasso;L. Bezin;D. Marcel

  • Radial glial origin of the adult neural stem cells in the subventricular zone

    Luca Bonfanti;Paolo Marcello Peretto

  • DCX and PSA-NCAM Expression Identifies a Population of Neurons Preferentially Distributed in Associative Areas of Different Pallial Derivatives and Vertebrate Species

    Federico Luzzati;Luca Bonfanti;Aldo Fasolo;Paolo Marcello Peretto

  • Glia-independent chains of neuroblasts through the subcortical parenchyma of the adult rabbit brain.

    F. Luzzati;P. Peretto;P. Aimar;G. Ponti

  • Striatal astrocytes produce neuroblasts in an excitotoxic model of Huntington's disease

    Giulia Nato;Alessia Caramello;Sara Trova;Valeria Avataneo

  • Maternal deprivation and early handling affect density of calcium binding protein-containing neurons in selected brain regions and emotional behavior in periadolescent rats.

    C. Giachino;N. Canalia;F. Capone;A. Fasolo

  • Expression of the secreted factors noggin and bone morphogenetic proteins in the subependymal layer and olfactory bulb of the adult mouse brain.

    P. Peretto;C. Dati;S. De Marchis;H.H. Kim

  • Carnosine-related dipeptides in neurons and glia.

    S. De Marchis;C. Modena;P. Peretto;A. Migheli

  • A subpial, transitory germinal zone forms chains of neuronal precursors in the rabbit cerebellum.

    Giovanna Ponti;Paolo Peretto;Luca Bonfanti

  • Newly-generated cells from the rostral migratory stream in the accessory olfactory bulb of the adult rat.

    Luca Bonfanti;Paolo Marcello Peretto;Adalberto Merighi;Aldo Fasolo

Frequent Co-Authors

Aldo Fasolo
Aldo Fasolo University of Turin
Luca Bonfanti
Luca Bonfanti University of Turin
Giancarlo Panzica
Giancarlo Panzica University of Turin
Adalberto Merighi
Adalberto Merighi University of Turin
Adam C. Puche
Adam C. Puche University of Maryland, Baltimore
Frank L. Margolis
Frank L. Margolis University of Maryland, Baltimore
Frank Zufall
Frank Zufall Saarland University
Matteo Caleo
Matteo Caleo University of Padua
Francesca Cirulli
Francesca Cirulli Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Trese Leinders-Zufall
Trese Leinders-Zufall Saarland University

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