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Stefania Maccari

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D-Index
64
Citations
18011
World Ranking
3223
National Ranking
131

Stefania Maccari 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 Stefania Maccari sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 179 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Stefania Maccari 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 Stefania Maccari sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Stefania Maccari is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with notable contributions across related subfields such as molecular biology, social psychology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, and biological psychiatry.

Their work centers around topics including:

  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Stress responses and cortisol
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Receptor mechanisms and signaling
  • Cancer, stress, anesthesia, and immune response
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Neuropeptides and animal physiology

Stefania Maccari's recent publication record includes papers published up to 2024, with the following selected works:

  • "Resource competition shapes biological rhythms and promotes temporal niche differentiation in a community simulation" (2020) in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Role of β-Adrenergic Receptors and Estrogen in Cardiac Repair after Myocardial Infarction: An Overview" (2021) in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Maternal stress programs a demasculinization of glutamatergic transmission in stress-related brain regions of aged rats" (2021) in GeroScience
  • "α-Adrenoceptor stimulation attenuates melanoma growth in mice" (2021) in British Journal of Pharmacology
  • "Propranolol Promotes Monocyte-to-Macrophage Differentiation and Enhances Macrophage Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Activities by NRF2 Activation" (2024) in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The scientist collaborates frequently with several researchers, indicating active partnerships in their field. Significant coauthors by number of joint publications include:

  • Sara Morley-Fletcher (12 collaborations)
  • Giuseppe Marano (7 collaborations)
  • Vance Gao (6 collaborations)
  • Paola Matarrese (6 collaborations)
  • Tonino Stati (6 collaborations)

Their publications often appear in specialized journals with multiple contributions to the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Other notable publication venues include the European Journal of Pharmacology, Molecular Brain, Neuroscience, and Ecology and Evolution.

Best Publications

  • Prenatal Stress Induces High Anxiety and Postnatal Handling Induces Low Anxiety in Adult Offspring: Correlation with Stress-Induced Corticosterone Secretion

    Monique Vallée;Willy Mayo;Françoise Dellu;Michel Le Moal

  • Maternal glucocorticoid secretion mediates long-term effects of prenatal stress.

    Arnaud Barbazanges;Pier Vincenzo Piazza;Michel Le Moal;Stefania Maccari

  • Adoption reverses the long-term impairment in glucocorticoid feedback induced by prenatal stress

    S. Maccari;P. V. Piazza;Mohamed Kabbaj;A. Barbazanges

  • Corticosterone levels determine individual vulnerability to amphetamine self-administration.

    P V Piazza;S Maccari;J M Deminière;M Le Moal

  • Prenatal stress increases the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis response in young and adult rats

    Chantal Henry;Mohamed Kabbaj;Hervé Simon;Michel Le Moal

  • Prenatal stress and long-term consequences: implications of glucocorticoid hormones.

    S. Maccari;M. Darnaudery;S. Morley-Fletcher;A.R. Zuena

  • Environmental enrichment during adolescence reverses the effects of prenatal stress on play behaviour and HPA axis reactivity in rats

    Sara Morley-Fletcher;Monica Rea;Stefania Maccari;Giovanni Laviola

  • Epigenetic programming of the stress response in male and female rats by prenatal restraint stress

    Muriel Darnaudéry;Stefania Maccari;Stefania Maccari

  • Maternal stress alters endocrine function of the feto-placental unit in rats

    Jerome Mairesse;Jean Lesage;Christophe Breton;Bernadette Breant

  • Long‐term effects of prenatal stress and postnatal handling on age‐related glucocorticoid secretion and cognitive performance: a longitudinal study in the rat

    Monique Vallée;Stefania Maccari;Françoise Dellu;Hervé Simon

  • Glucocorticoids have state-dependent stimulant effects on the mesencephalic dopaminergic transmission.

    P V Piazza;F Rougé-Pont;V Deroche;S Maccari

  • Effects of prenatal restraint stress on the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and related behavioural and neurobiological alterations.

    Stefania Maccari;Stefania Maccari;Sara Morley-Fletcher

  • Corticosterone in the range of stress-induced levels possesses reinforcing properties: implications for sensation-seeking behaviors.

    P V Piazza;V Deroche;J M Deminière;S Maccari

  • The consequences of early life adversity: neurobiological, behavioural and epigenetic adaptations

    Stefania Maccari;Harm J. Krugers;Sara Morley‐Fletcher;Moshe Szyf

  • Prenatal restraint stress generates two distinct behavioral and neurochemical profiles in male and female rats.

    Anna Rita Zuena;Jerome Mairesse;Paola Casolini;Carlo Cinque

  • Individual reactivity to novelty predicts probability of amphetamine self-administration.

    Pier V. Piazza;J.-M. Deminière;Stefania Maccari;P. Mormède

  • Stress-induced sensitization and glucocorticoids. I. Sensitization of dopamine-dependent locomotor effects of amphetamine and morphine depends on stress-induced corticosterone secretion

    V. Deroche;Michela "Micky" Marinelli;S. Maccari;M. Le Moal

  • Increased locomotor response to novelty and propensity to intravenous amphetamine self-administration in adult offspring of stressed mothers

    Jean Marie Deminière;Pier Vincenzo Piazza;Gilles Guegan;Nora Abrous

  • Prenatal stress alters circadian activity of hypothalamo–pituitary–adrenal axis and hippocampal corticosteroid receptors in adult rats of both gender

    Muriel Koehl;Muriel Darnaudéry;Josette Dulluc;Olivier Van Reeth

  • PHYSIOLOGY OF SLEEP (REVIEW)–Interactions between stress and sleep: from basic research to clinical situations

    O Van Reeth;L Weibel;K Spiegel;R Leproult

  • Prenatal stress induces intrauterine growth restriction and programmes glucose intolerance and feeding behaviour disturbances in the aged rat.

    J Lesage;F Del-Favero;M Leonhardt;H Louvart

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Le Moal
M. Le Moal University of Bordeaux
Giuseppe Battaglia
Giuseppe Battaglia Sapienza University of Rome
Muriel Koehl
Muriel Koehl Inserm
Giulio Taglialatela
Giulio Taglialatela The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Pier Vincenzo Piazza
Pier Vincenzo Piazza Inserm
Willy Mayo
Willy Mayo University of Bordeaux
Laurence Lanfumey
Laurence Lanfumey Université Paris Cité
Stefano Puglisi-Allegra
Stefano Puglisi-Allegra Sapienza University of Rome
Silvana Gaetani
Silvana Gaetani Sapienza University of Rome
Giovanni Laviola
Giovanni Laviola Istituto Superiore di Sanità

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