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  1. Do scientists plan their experiments around effect sizes that actually matter for biology?

    Article • Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology and Cognate Medical Sciences, July 2025, Wiley

    Nicola Romano

  2. Rodent chronic variable stress procedures: A disjunction between stress entity and impact on behaviour

    Article • Journal of Neuroendocrinology, June 2025, Wiley

    Nicola Romano

  3. Dynamic transcriptional heterogeneity in pituitary corticotrophs

    Article • April 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Nicola Romano

  4. Data Hazards as An Ethical Toolkit for Neuroscience

    Article • Neuroethics, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicola Romano

  5. A novel human pluripotent stem cell gene activation system identifies IGFBP2 as a mediator in the production of haematopoietic progenitors in vitro

    Article • eLife, December 2024, eLife

    Nicola Romano

  6. A novel human pluripotent stem cell gene activation system identifies IGFBP2 as a mediator in the production of haematopoietic progenitors in vitro

    Article • eLife, December 2024, eLife

    Nicola Romano

  7. Long-term, Dynamic Remodelling of the Corticotroph Transcriptome and Excitability After a Period of Chronic Stress

    Article • Endocrinology, October 2024, Endocrine Society

    Nicola Romano

  8. Rodent chronic variable stress procedures: a disjunction between stress entity and impact on behaviour

    Article • July 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Nicola Romano

  9. Data Hazards as an ethical toolkit for neuroscience

    Article • March 2024, Center for Open Science

    Nicola Romano

  10. Exploring Compassion towards Laboratory Animals in UK- and China-Based Undergraduate Biomedical Sciences Students

    Article • Animals, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Nicola Romano

  11. Median eminence blood flow influences food intake by regulating ghrelin access to the metabolic brain

    Article • JCI Insight, February 2023, American Society for Clinical Investigation

    Nicola Romano

  12. Fast dynamics in the HPA axis: Insight from mathematical and experimental studies

    Article • Current Opinion in Endocrine and Metabolic Research, December 2022, Elsevier

    Nicola Romano

  13. Corticotroph isolation from Pomc ‐eGFP mice reveals sustained transcriptional dysregulation characterising a mouse model of glucocorticoid‐induced suppression of the Hypothalamus‐Pituitary‐Adrenal axis

    Article • Journal of Neuroendocrinology, May 2022, Wiley

    Nicola Romano

  14. Chronic stress changes the properties of stress hormone producing cells

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, December 2021, Wiley

    Nicola Romano

  15. Single cell transcriptome analysis reveals markers of naïve and lineage-primed hematopoietic progenitors derived from human pluripotent stem cells

    Article • April 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Nicola Romano

  16. Loss of eIF4E Phosphorylation Engenders Depression-like Behaviors via Selective mRNA Translation

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, January 2018, Society for Neuroscience

    Nicola Romano

  17. An all-in-one UniSam vector system for efficient gene activation

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2017, Nature

    Nicola Romano

  18. Heterogeneity in cellular coding of stress responses

    Article • Endocrinology, March 2017, Endocrine Society

    Nicola Romano

  19. Effect of dopamine agonist and anti-VEGF drugs on pituitary tumours

    Article • International Journal of Cancer, February 2017, Wiley

    Nicola Romano

  20. Rhythms in the control of prolactin secretion

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Nicola Romano

  21. An updated view of hypothalamic–vascular–pituitary unit function and plasticity

    Article • Nature Reviews Endocrinology, December 2016, Nature

    Nicola Romano

  22. Partial Loss of Function of the GHRH Receptor Leads to Mild Growth Hormone Deficiency

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, October 2016, Endocrine Society

    Nicola Romano, Professor Mehul T Dattani

  23. Combining Cadherin Expression with Molecular Markers Discriminates Invasiveness in Growth Hormone and Prolactin Pituitary Adenomas

    Article • Journal of Neuroendocrinology, February 2016, Wiley

    Nicola Romano

  24. Measure of PRL Secretion in Mice by uELISA

    Article • Endocrinology, May 2015, Endocrine Society

    Professor Chen Chen, Nicola Romano

  25. Plasticity of the Prolactin (PRL) Axis: Mechanisms Underlying Regulation of Output in Female Mice

    Article • December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicola Romano

  26. Sustained Alterations of Hypothalamic Tanycytes During Posttraumatic Hypopituitarism in Male Mice

    Article • Endocrinology, May 2014, Endocrine Society

    Nicola Romano

  27. Plasticity of Hypothalamic Dopamine Neurons during Lactation Results in Dissociation of Electrical Activity and Release

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, March 2013, Society for Neuroscience

    Nicola Romano

  28. Activity-Dependent Modulation of Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone Neurone Activity by Acute Oestradiol

    Article • Journal of Neuroendocrinology, September 2012, Wiley

    Nicola Romano

  29. Understanding calcium homeostasis in postnatal gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons using cell-specific Pericam transgenics

    Article • Cell Calcium, March 2012, Elsevier

    Nicola Romano, Dr. Stephanie Constantin

  30. Coordination of calcium signals by pituitary endocrine cells in situ

    Article • Cell Calcium, March 2012, Elsevier

    Nicola Romano

  31. Existence of long-lasting experience-dependent plasticity in endocrine cell networks

    Article • Nature Communications, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicola Romano

  32. Modulation of the Tyrosine Kinase Receptor Ret/Glial Cell-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) Signaling: A New Player in Reproduction Induced Anterior Pituitary Plasticity?

    Article • Endocrinology, January 2011, Endocrine Society

    Nicola Romano

  33. Calcium dynamics in gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons

    Article • Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, July 2010, Elsevier

    Nicola Romano, Dr. Stephanie Constantin

  34. Nonclassical Estrogen Modulation of Presynaptic GABA Terminals Modulates Calcium Dynamics in Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons

    Article • Endocrinology, November 2008, Endocrine Society

    Nicola Romano

  35. Smad Proteins are Targets of Transforming Growth Factor beta1 in Immortalised Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone Releasing Neurones

    Article • Journal of Neuroendocrinology, November 2005, Wiley

    Nicola Romano