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Sandra Ceccatelli

Sandra Ceccatelli

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
83
Citations
20250
World Ranking
1479
National Ranking
23

Sandra Ceccatelli 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 Sandra Ceccatelli sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 222 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sandra Ceccatelli 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 Sandra Ceccatelli sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sandra Ceccatelli is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research spans several interconnected fields including Environmental Science, Medicine, and Neuroscience. The scientist's work notably covers subfields such as Environmental Chemistry, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Developmental Neuroscience.

The main topics addressed in their research include Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, Mental Health Research Topics, Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research, Birth, Development, and Health, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, and Treatment of Major Depression.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Sandra Ceccatelli include:

  • Risk to human health related to the presence of perfluoroalkyl substances in food (2020, EFSA Journal)
  • Patterns of activity correlate with symptom severity in major depressive disorder patients (2022, Translational Psychiatry)
  • The Threat Posed by Environmental Contaminants on Neurodevelopment: What Can We Learn from Neural Stem Cells? (2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Glyphosate-based herbicide induces long-lasting impairment in neuronal and glial differentiation (2022, Environmental Toxicology)
  • Bi-allelic NRXN1α deletion in microglia derived from iPSC of an autistic patient increases interleukin-6 production and impairs supporting function on neuronal networking (2024, Brain Behavior and Immunity)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sandra Ceccatelli include:

  • Stefan Spulber
  • Raj Bose
  • Margherita Bignami
  • Laurent Bodin
  • James Kevin Chipman

The scientist's publications commonly appear in venues such as:

  • NeuroToxicology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • EFSA Journal
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity

Best Publications

  • Gender differences in the disposition and toxicity of metals

    Marie Vahter;Agneta Åkesson;Carola Lidén;Sandra Ceccatelli

  • Expression of c-Fos immunoreactivity in transmitter-characterized neurons after stress

    Sandra Ceccatelli;Marcelo J. Villar;Menek Goldstein;Tomas Hokfelt

  • Neurotoxicity and molecular effects of methylmercury.

    Anna F Castoldi;Teresa Coccini;Sandra Ceccatelli;Luigi Manzo

  • Coexistence of peptides with classical neurotransmitters

    T. Hökfelt;D. Millhorn;K. Seroogy;Y. Tsuruo

  • Methylmercury-induced neurotoxicity and apoptosis.

    Sandra Ceccatelli;Elisabetta Daré;Michaela Moors

  • Differential effects of intracerebroventricular colchicine administration on the expression of mRNAs for neuropeptides and neurotransmitter enzymes, with special emphasis on galanin: an in situ hybridization study.

    Roser Cortės;Sandra Ceccatelli;Martin Schalling;Tomas Höukfelt

  • Testosterone protects cerebellar granule cells from oxidative stress-induced cell death through a receptor mediated mechanism

    Eva Ahlbom;Gail S. Prins;Sandra Ceccatelli

  • Nitric oxide synthase in the rat anterior pituitary gland and the role of nitric oxide in regulation of luteinizing hormone secretion.

    Sandra Ceccatelli;Anna-Lena Hulting;Xu Zhang;Lars Gustafsson

  • Long-lasting depression-like behavior and epigenetic changes of BDNF gene expression induced by perinatal exposure to methylmercury.

    Natalia Onishchenko;Nina Karpova;Farideh Sabri;Eero Castrén

  • Prenatal Dexamethasone Causes Oligonephronia, Sodium Retention, and Higher Blood Pressure in the Offspring

    Gianni Celsi;Anna Kistner;Roman Aizman;Ann-Christine EklÖF

  • Localization of chemical messengers in magnocellular neurons of the hypothalamic supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei: An immunohistochemical study using experimental manipulations

    B. Meister;M.J. Villar;S. Ceccatelli;T. Hökfelt

  • Immunohistochemical evidence for a spinothalamic pathway co-containing cholecystokinin- and galanin-like immunoreactivities in the rat.

    G. Ju;T. Melander;S. Ceccatelli;T. Hökfelt

  • Distribution and coexistence of corticotropin-releasing factor-, neurotensin-, enkephalin-, cholecystokinin-, galanin- and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide/peptide histidine isoleucine-like peptides in the parvocellular part of the paraventricular nucleus.

    Sandra Ceccatelli;Maud Eriksson;Tomas Hökfelt

  • High susceptibility of neural stem cells to methylmercury toxicity: effects on cell survival and neuronal differentiation

    Christoffer Tamm;Joshua Duckworth;Ola Hermanson;Sandra Ceccatelli

  • Neurotransmitters, neuropeptides and binding sites in the rat mediobasal hypothalamus: effects of monosodium glutamate (MSG) lesions.

    B Meister;S Ceccatelli;T Hökfelt;N E Andén

  • Estradiol Regulation of Nitric Oxide Synthase mRNAs in Rat Hypothalamus

    Sandra Ceccatelli;Lindsey Grandison;Roderick E.M. Scott;Donald W. Pfaff

  • Neurobehavioural and molecular changes induced by methylmercury exposure during development.

    Carolina Johansson;Anna F. Castoldi;Natalia Onishchenko;Luigi Manzo

  • Developmental exposure to methylmercury alters learning and induces depression-like behavior in male mice.

    Natalia Onishchenko;Christoffer Tamm;Marie Vahter;Tomas Hökfelt

  • Nitric oxide synthase increases in hypothalamic magnocellular neurons after salt loading in the rat. An immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization study

    Marcelo J. Villar;Sandra Ceccatelli;Marina Rönnqvist;Tomas Hökfelt

  • A subpopulation of dopaminergic neurons in rat ventral mesencephalon contains both neurotensin and cholecystokinin.

    K. Seroogy;S. Ceccatelli;M. Schalling;T. Ho¨kfelt

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomas Hökfelt
Tomas Hökfelt Karolinska Institute
Margherita Bignami
Margherita Bignami Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Christer Hogstrand
Christer Hogstrand King's College London
Bettina Grasl-Kraupp
Bettina Grasl-Kraupp Medical University of Vienna
Lutz Edler
Lutz Edler German Cancer Research Center
Isabelle P. Oswald
Isabelle P. Oswald Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Jan Alexander
Jan Alexander Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Marcelo J. Villar
Marcelo J. Villar Austral University
Sten Orrenius
Sten Orrenius Karolinska Institute
Manfred Metzler
Manfred Metzler Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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