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Stefano Vicini 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 Stefano Vicini sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 225 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stefano Vicini 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 Stefano Vicini sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 79 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Stefano Vicini is affiliated with Georgetown University Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with a significant number of publications in related subfields such as cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, cognitive neuroscience, physiology, and developmental neuroscience.

Their work covers various main research topics including:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders

Stefano Vicini has contributed to several publications, including the following recent papers:

  • Inhibitory Parvalbumin Basket Cell Activity is Selectively Reduced during Hippocampal Sharp Wave Ripples in a Mouse Model of Familial Alzheimer's Disease, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • High-frequency head impact causes chronic synaptic adaptation and long-term cognitive impairment in mice, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Brainstem Neuronal Circuitries Controlling Gastric Tonic and Phasic Contractions: A Review, 2021, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
  • Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone from the Pontine Micturition Center Plays an Inhibitory Role in Micturition, 2021, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Delayed maturation and migration of excitatory neurons in the juvenile mouse paralaminar amygdala, 2023, Neuron

Frequent collaborators with whom they have co-authored multiple papers include:

  • Adam Caccavano
  • Katherine Conant
  • Jian-Young Wu
  • Patrick A. Forcelli
  • Mark P. Burns

The main venues where Stefano Vicini's research is published most often are:

  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Developmental Dynamics
  • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

The body of work demonstrates a focus on understanding neural mechanisms in health and disease states, particularly in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, traumatic brain injury outcomes, and neurophysiological processes regulating memory and motor functions.

Best Publications

  • Activity-dependent decrease in NMDA receptor responses during development of the visual cortex

    Giorgio Carmignoto;Stefano Vicini

  • Functional and pharmacological differences between recombinant N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors.

    Stefano Vicini;Jian Feng Wang;Jin Hong Li;Wei Jian Zhu

  • Neurosteroids act on recombinant human GABAA receptors

    Giulia Puia;Maria Rita Santi;Stefano Vicini;Dolan B. Pritchett

  • The Synaptic Localization of NR2B-Containing NMDA Receptors Is Controlled by Interactions with PDZ Proteins and AP-2

    Kate Prybylowski;Kai Chang;Nathalie Sans;Lilly Kan

  • Increased contribution of NR2A subunit to synaptic NMDA receptors in developing rat cortical neurons

    Gabriella Stocca;Stefano Vicini

  • NMDA receptor trafficking through an interaction between PDZ proteins and the exocyst complex

    Nathalie Sans;Kate Prybylowski;Ronald S. Petralia;Kai Chang

  • Influence of recombinant gamma-aminobutyric acid-A receptor subunit composition on the action of allosteric modulators of gamma-aminobutyric acid-gated Cl- currents.

    Giulia Puia;Stefano Vicini;Peter H. Seeburg;Erminio Costa

  • Cytosolic Calcium Oscillations in Astrocytes May Regulate Exocytotic Release of Glutamate

    Lucia Pasti;Micaela Zonta;Tullio Pozzan;Stefano Vicini

  • GABAA receptor α1 subunit deletion prevents developmental changes of inhibitory synaptic currents in cerebellar neurons

    Stefano Vicini;Carolyn Ferguson;Kate Prybylowski;Jason Kralic

  • Neurosteroid pregnenolone sulfate antagonizes electrophysiological responses to GABA in neurons.

    Maria Dorota Majewska;Jean-Marc Mienville;Stefano Vicini

  • Distinct Synaptic and Extrasynaptic NMDA Receptors in Developing Cerebellar Granule Neurons

    Gavin Rumbaugh;Stefano Vicini

  • The gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptor-associated protein (GABARAP) promotes GABAA receptor clustering and modulates the channel kinetics.

    Li Chen;Hongbing Wang;Stefano Vicini;Richard W. Olsen

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and nerve growth factor potentiate excitatory synaptic transmission in the rat visual cortex.

    G Carmignoto;T Pizzorusso;S Tia;S Vicini

  • Developmental changes in localization of NMDA receptor subunits in primary cultures of cortical neurons

    Jin Hong Li;Yue Hua Wang;Barry B. Wolfe;Karl. E. Krueger

  • Interleukin-10 prevents glutamate-mediated cerebellar granule cell death by blocking caspase-3-like activity.

    Alessia Bachis;Anna M. Colangelo;Stefano Vicini;Pylord P. Doe

  • Developmental Changes of Inhibitory Synaptic Currents in Cerebellar Granule Neurons: Role of GABAA Receptor α6 Subunit

    Sutthichai Tia;Jin Feng Wang;Naiphinich Kotchabhakdi;Stefano Vicini

  • Pregnenolone sulfate antagonizes GABAA receptor-mediated currents via a reduction of channel opening frequency

    Jean-Marc Mienville;Stefano Vicini

  • Differential Tonic GABA Conductances in Striatal Medium Spiny Neurons

    Kristen K. Ade;Megan J. Janssen;Pavel I. Ortinski;Stefano Vicini

  • Glutamate and GABA-mediated synaptic currents in neurons of the rat dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus.

    R. A. Travagli;R. A. Gillis;C. D. Rossiter;S. Vicini

  • Selective mGluR5 antagonists MPEP and SIB-1893 decrease NMDA or glutamate-mediated neuronal toxicity through actions that reflect NMDA receptor antagonism.

    Deirdre M O'Leary;Vilen Movsesyan;Stefano Vicini;Alan I Faden

Frequent Co-Authors

Erminio Costa
Erminio Costa National Institutes of Health
Patrick A. Forcelli
Patrick A. Forcelli Georgetown University
Joseph H. Neale
Joseph H. Neale Georgetown University
Barry B. Wolfe
Barry B. Wolfe Georgetown University
Robert J. Wenthold
Robert J. Wenthold National Institutes of Health
Jianhong Luo
Jianhong Luo Zhejiang University
Gavin Rumbaugh
Gavin Rumbaugh Scripps Research Institute
Michael A. Rogawski
Michael A. Rogawski University of California, Davis
Alessandro Guidotti
Alessandro Guidotti University of Illinois at Chicago
Massimo Avoli
Massimo Avoli McGill University

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