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Carbon nanotubes in neuroregeneration and repair by Fabbro, Alessandra, Prato, Maurizio, Ballerini, Laura

“…In the last decade, we have experienced an increasing interest and an improved understanding of the application of nanotechnology to the nervous system. The…”
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Safety Assessment of Graphene-Based Materials: Focus on Human Health and the Environment by Fadeel, Bengt, Bussy, Cyrill, Merino, Sonia, Vázquez, Ester, Flahaut, Emmanuel, Mouchet, Florence, Evariste, Lauris, Gauthier, Laury, Koivisto, Antti J., Vogel, Ulla, Martín, Cristina, Delogu, Lucia G., Buerki-Thurnherr, Tina, Wick, Peter, Beloin-Saint-Pierre, Didier, Hischier, Roland, Pelin, Marco, Candotto Carniel, Fabio, Tretiach, Mauro, Cesca, Fabrizia, Benfenati, Fabio, Scaini, Denis, Ballerini, Laura, Kostarelos, Kostas, Prato, Maurizio, Bianco, Alberto

“…Graphene and its derivatives are heralded as “miracle” materials with manifold applications in different sectors of society from electronics to energy storage…”
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Using citizen science data to monitor the Sustainable Development Goals: a bottom-up analysis by Ballerini, Laura, Bergh, Sylvia I.

“…Official data are not sufficient for monitoring the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): they do not reach remote locations or marginalized…”
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The brain cytokine orchestra in multiple sclerosis: from neuroinflammation to synaptopathology by Amoriello, Roberta, Memo, Christian, Ballerini, Laura, Ballerini, Clara

“…The central nervous system (CNS) is finely protected by the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Immune soluble factors such as cytokines (CKs) are normally produced in…”
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Classification Framework for Graphene-Based Materials by Wick, Peter, Louw-Gaume, Anna E., Kucki, Melanie, Krug, Harald F., Kostarelos, Kostas, Fadeel, Bengt, Dawson, Kenneth A., Salvati, Anna, Vázquez, Ester, Ballerini, Laura, Tretiach, Mauro, Benfenati, Fabio, Flahaut, Emmanuel, Gauthier, Laury, Prato, Maurizio, Bianco, Alberto

“…Graphing graphene: Because the naming of graphene‐based materials (GBMs) has led to confusion and inconsistency, a classification approach is necessary. Three…”
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Advances in Nano Neuroscience: From Nanomaterials to Nanotools by Pampaloni, Niccolò Paolo, Giugliano, Michele, Scaini, Denis, Ballerini, Laura, Rauti, Rossana

“…During the last decades, neuroscientists have increasingly exploited a variety of artificial, synthesized materials with controlled nano-sized features. For…”
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Graphene Improves the Biocompatibility of Polyacrylamide Hydrogels: 3D Polymeric Scaffolds for Neuronal Growth by Martín, Cristina, Merino, Sonia, González-Domínguez, Jose M., Rauti, Rossana, Ballerini, Laura, Prato, Maurizio, Vázquez, Ester

“…In tissue engineering strategies, the design of scaffolds based on nanostructures is a subject undergoing intense research: nanomaterials may affect the…”
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Carbon Nanotubes Promote Growth and Spontaneous Electrical Activity in Cultured Cardiac Myocytes by Martinelli, Valentina, Cellot, Giada, Toma, Francesca Maria, Long, Carlin S, Caldwell, John H, Zentilin, Lorena, Giacca, Mauro, Turco, Antonio, Prato, Maurizio, Ballerini, Laura, Mestroni, Luisa

“…Nanoscale manipulations of the extracellular microenvironment are increasingly attracting attention in tissue engineering. Here, combining microscopy,…”
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Carbon Nanotubes: Artificial Nanomaterials to Engineer Single Neurons and Neuronal Networks by Fabbro, Alessandra, Bosi, Susanna, Ballerini, Laura, Prato, Maurizio

“…In the past decade, nanotechnology applications to the nervous system have often involved the study and the use of novel nanomaterials to improve the diagnosis…”
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BDNF impact on synaptic dynamics: extra or intracellular long-term release differently regulates cultured hippocampal synapses by Rauti, Rossana, Cellot, Giada, D'Andrea, Paola, Colliva, Andrea, Scaini, Denis, Tongiorgi, Enrico, Ballerini, Laura

“…Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) signalling contributes to the formation, maturation and plasticity of Central Nervous System (CNS) synapses. Acute…”
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Nanomaterials for Neural Interfaces by Kotov, Nicholas A., Winter, Jessica O., Clements, Isaac P., Jan, Edward, Timko, Brian P., Campidelli, Stéphane, Pathak, Smita, Mazzatenta, Andrea, Lieber, Charles M., Prato, Maurizio, Bellamkonda, Ravi V., Silva, Gabriel A., Kam, Nadine Wong Shi, Patolsky, Fernando, Ballerini, Laura

“…This review focuses on the application of nanomaterials for neural interfacing. The junction between nanotechnology and neural tissues can be particularly…”
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Diverse inflammatory threats modulate astrocytes Ca2+ signaling via connexin43 hemichannels in organotypic spinal slices by Panattoni, Giulia, Amoriello, Roberta, Memo, Christian, Thalhammer, Agnes, Ballerini, Clara, Ballerini, Laura

“…Abstract Neuroinflammation is an escalation factor shared by a vast range of central nervous system (CNS) pathologies, from neurodegenerative diseases to…”
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Carbon Nanotubes Instruct Physiological Growth and Functionally Mature Syncytia: Nongenetic Engineering of Cardiac Myocytes by Martinelli, Valentina, Cellot, Giada, Toma, Francesca Maria, Long, Carlin S, Caldwell, John H, Zentilin, Lorena, Giacca, Mauro, Turco, Antonio, Prato, Maurizio, Ballerini, Laura, Mestroni, Luisa

“…Myocardial tissue engineering currently represents one of the most realistic strategies for cardiac repair. We have recently discovered the ability of carbon…”
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Carbon nanotube scaffolds tune synaptic strength in cultured neural circuits: novel frontiers in nanomaterial-tissue interactions by Cellot, Giada, Toma, Francesca Maria, Varley, Zeynep Kasap, Laishram, Jummi, Villari, Ambra, Quintana, Mildred, Cipollone, Sara, Prato, Maurizio, Ballerini, Laura

“…A long-term goal of tissue engineering is to exploit the ability of supporting materials to govern cell-specific behaviors. Instructive scaffolds code such…”
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Cytokine inflammatory threat, but not LPS one, shortens GABAergic synaptic currents in the mouse spinal cord organotypic cultures by Giacco, Vincenzo, Panattoni, Giulia, Medelin, Manuela, Bonechi, Elena, Aldinucci, Alessandra, Ballerini, Clara, Ballerini, Laura

“…Synaptic dysfunction, named synaptopathy, due to inflammatory status of the central nervous system (CNS) is a recognized factor potentially underlying both…”
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Extracellular vesicles released by LPS-stimulated spinal organotypic slices spread neuroinflammation into naïve slices through connexin43 hemichannel opening and astrocyte aberrant calcium dynamics by Memo, Christian, Parisse, Pietro, Amoriello, Roberta, Pachetti, Maria, Palandri, Anabela, Casalis, Loredana, Ballerini, Clara, Ballerini, Laura

“…Neuroinflammation is a hallmark of multiple neurodegenerative diseases, shared by all pathological processes which primarily impact on neurons, including…”
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Infrared Nanospectroscopy of Individual Extracellular Microvesicles by Polito, Raffaella, Musto, Mattia, Temperini, Maria Eleonora, Ballerini, Laura, Ortolani, Michele, Baldassarre, Leonetta, Casalis, Loredana, Giliberti, Valeria

“…Extracellular vesicles are membrane-delimited structures, involved in several inter-cellular communication processes, both physiological and pathological,…”
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Carbon Nanotube Substrates Boost Neuronal Electrical Signaling by Lovat, Viviana, Pantarotto, Davide, Lagostena, Laura, Cacciari, Barbara, Grandolfo, Micaela, Righi, Massimo, Spalluto, Giampiero, Prato, Maurizio, Ballerini, Laura

“…We demonstrate the possibility of using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as potential devices able to improve neural signal transfer while supporting dendrite…”
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GABAergic and glycinergic interneuron expression during spinal cord development: dynamic interplay between inhibition and excitation in the control of ventral network outputs by Sibilla, Sara, Ballerini, Laura

“…A key objective of neuroscience research is to understand the processes leading to mature neural circuitries in the central nervous system (CNS) that enable…”
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Foetal neural progenitors contribute to postnatal circuits formation ex vivo: an electrophysiological investigation by Manzati, Matteo, Sorbo, Teresa, Giugliano, Michele, Ballerini, Laura

“…Neuronal progenitor cells (NPC) play an essential role in homeostasis of the central nervous system (CNS). Considering their ability to differentiate into…”
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