Progetti di ricerca/ Research Projects

1. Maternal THC Effects on Reward and Neuronal Activity and function (MaTERNA) -(finanziato da RO1DA044925-01A1-NIDA; FISR2019_00202- MIUR) (PI)
2. Synaptic Adaptations Following Early life Traumas (SAFETy) -(finanziato da RASSR32909-RAS2017; G20_525-UIL) (PI)
3. Caratterizzazione delle proprietà specifiche dell’acido linoleico coniugato (CLA) in forma fosfolipidica per il trattamento di patologie psichiatriche a base neuroinfiammatoria e individuazione di biomarcatori dell’efficacia terapeutica -(PoC-MIUR; POC01_00069) (Co-PI)
4. Neurosteroids as a novel predictive biomarker associated with sleep disorders in PD (FdS; F71I17000200002) (Co-PI)
5. Targeting neurosteroids for neuroprotection in Parkinson’s disease (FdS) (Co-PI)
6. Targeting PPAR alpha and nicotinic acetylcholine receptor interaction (Co-PI)
7. Role of PDE7 inhibitors in drug addiction (KP)

 

All of these are carried out in the Neurophysiology Lab @ Division of Neuroscience (DiSB) in collaboration with local, national and international partners such as:

• Joseph Cheer, School of Medicine, University of Maryland
• Alessandro Zuddas, University of Cagliari
• Carla Cannizzaro, University of Palermo
• Claudio D’addario, University of Teramo
• Vincenzo Micale, University of Catania
• Olivier Manzoni, Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée, Marseille
• Istvàn Katona, Indiana University of Bloomington
• Marco Bortolato, University of Utah
• Roberto Ciccocioppo, University of Camerino