Where noses meet the world of olfaction

Pubblications


  1. Boscolo-Rizzo P, Hummel T, Hopkins C, Dibattista M, Menini A, Spinato G, Fabbris C, Emanuelli E, D’Alessandro A, Marzolino R, Zanelli E, Cancellieri E, Cargnelutti K, Fadda S, Borsetto D, Vaira LA, Gardenal N, Polesel J, Tirelli G. High prevalence of long-term olfactory, gustatory, and chemesthesis dysfunction in post-COVID-19 patients: a matched case-control study with one-year follow-up using a comprehensive psychophysical evaluation. Rhinology. 2021 Dec 1;59(6):517-527. doi: 10.4193/Rhin21.249
    https://www.rhinologyjournal.com/Abstract.php?id=2928

  2. Boscolo-Rizzo, P., Hummel, T., Invitto, S., Spinato, G., Tomasoni, M., Emanuelli, E., Tofanelli, M., Cavicchia, A., Grill, V., Vaira, L. A., Lechien, J. R., Borsetto, D., Polesel, J., Dibattista, M., Menini, A., Hopkins, C., & Tirelli, G. (2023). Psychophysical assessment of olfactory and gustatory function in post-mild COVID-19 patients: A matched case-control study with 2-year follow-up. International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology, 13(10), 1864–1875. https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.23148

  3. Cecchetto, C., Di Pizio, A., Genovese, F., Calcinoni, O., Macchi, A., Dunkel, A., Ohla, K., Spinelli, S., Farruggia, M. C., Joseph, P. V., Menini, A., Cantone, E., Dinnella, C., Cecchini, M. P., D’Errico, A., Mucignat-Caretta, C., Parma, V., & Dibattista, M. (2021). Assessing the extent and timing of chemosensory impairments during COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 17504. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96987-0

  4. Clemente, L., La Rocca, M., Quaranta, N., Iannuzzi, L., Vecchio, E., Brunetti, A., Gentile, E., Dibattista, M., Lobasso, S., Bevilacqua, V., Stramaglia, S., & de Tommaso, M. (2023). Prefrontal dysfunction in post-COVID-19 hyposmia: An EEG/fNIRS study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Volume 17-2023. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1240831

  5. Dibattista, M., Pifferi, S., Menini, A., & Reisert, J. (2020). Alzheimer’s Disease: What Can We Learn From the Peripheral Olfactory System? Frontiers in Neuroscience, Volume 14-2020. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2020.00440

  6. Fioriello, M. G., Lobraico, D., Gatta, R. P., Lobasso, S., Reisert, J., Frigeri, A., & Dibattista, M. (2025). Neurodegeneration in the olfactory system in Niemann Pick type C1 disease. bioRxiv, 2025.11.22.689959. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.22.689959

  7. Gonzalez-Velandia, K. Y., Hernandez-Clavijo, A., Menini, A., Dibattista, M., & Pifferi, S. (2022). Expression pattern of Stomatin-domain proteins in the peripheral olfactory system. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 11447. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15572-1

  8. Guarneri G, Pifferi S, Dibattista M, Reisert J, Menini A. Paradoxical electro-olfactogram responses in TMEM16B knock-out mice. Chem Senses. 2023 Jan 1;48:bjad003. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjad003

  9. Hernandez-Clavijo A, Gonzalez-Velandia KY, Rangaswamy U, Guarneri G, Boscolo-Rizzo P, Tofanelli M, Gardenal N, Sanges R, Dibattista M, Tirelli G, Menini A. Supporting Cells of the Human Olfactory Epithelium Co-Express the Lipid Scramblase TMEM16F and ACE2 and May Cause Smell Loss by SARS-CoV-2 Spike-Induced Syncytia. Cell Physiol Biochem. 2022 Jun 7;56(3):254-269. doi: 10.33594/000000531. https://www.cellphysiolbiochem.com/Articles/000531/

  10. Hernandez-Clavijo, A., Sánchez Triviño, C. A., Guarneri, G., Ricci, C., Mantilla-Esparza, F. A., Gonzalez-Velandia, K. Y., Boscolo-Rizzo, P., Tofanelli, M., Bonini, P., Dibattista, M., Tirelli, G., & Menini, A. (2023). Shedding light on human olfaction: Electrophysiological recordings from sensory neurons in acute slices of olfactory epithelium. iScience, 26(7). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107186

  11. Lobraico, D., Abbrescia, P., Fioriello, M. G., Barile, B., Palazzo, C., Valente, O., Nicchia, G. P., Dibattista, M., & Frigeri, A. (2025). The Aquaporin-4 Expression and Localization in the Olfactory Epithelium Modulate the Odorant-Evoked Responses and Olfactory-Driven Behavior. Glia, 73(8), 1642–1659. https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.70024

  12. Parma V, Ohla K, Veldhuizen MG, Niv MY, Kelly CE, Bakke AJ, Cooper KW, Bouysset C, Pirastu N, Dibattista M, Kaur R, Liuzza MT, Pepino MY, Schöpf V, Pereda-Loth V, Olsson SB, Gerkin RC, Rohlfs Domínguez P, Albayay J, Farruggia MC, Bhutani S, Fjaeldstad AW, Kumar R, Menini A, Bensafi M, Sandell M, Konstantinidis I, Di Pizio A, Genovese F, Öztürk L, Thomas-Danguin T, Frasnelli J, Boesveldt S, Saatci Ö, Saraiva LR, Lin C, Golebiowski J, Hwang LD, Ozdener MH, Guàrdia MD, Laudamiel C, Ritchie M, Havlícek J, Pierron D, Roura E, Navarro M, Nolden AA, Lim J, Whitcroft KL, Colquitt LR, Ferdenzi C, Brindha EV, Altundag A, Macchi A, Nunez-Parra A, Patel ZM, Fiorucci S, Philpott CM, Smith BC, Lundström JN, Mucignat C, Parker JK, van den Brink M, Schmuker M, Fischmeister FPS, Heinbockel T, Shields VDC, Faraji F, Santamaría E, Fredborg WEA, Morini G, Olofsson JK, Jalessi M, Karni N, D’Errico A, Alizadeh R, Pellegrino R, Meyer P, Huart C, Chen B, Soler GM, Alwashahi MK, Welge-Lüssen A, Freiherr J, de Groot JHB, Klein H, Okamoto M, Singh PB, Hsieh JW; GCCR Group Author; Reed DR, Hummel T, Munger SD, Hayes JE. More Than Smell-COVID-19 Is Associated With Severe Impairment of Smell, Taste, and Chemesthesis. Chem Senses. 2020 Oct 9;45(7):609-622. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjaa041

  13. Reisert, J., Golden, G. J., Dibattista, M., & Gelperin, A. (2021). Odor sampling strategies in mice with genetically altered olfactory responses. PLOS ONE, 16(5), e0249798. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249798

  14. Reisert, J., Pifferi, S., Guarneri, G., Ricci, C., Menini, A., & Dibattista, M. (2024). The Ca2+-activated Cl− channel TMEM16B shapes the response time course of olfactory sensory neurons. The Journal of Physiology, 602(19), 4889–4905. https://doi.org/10.1113/JP286959

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