Search Results - "Mascio, Giada"
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N-Acetylcysteine causes analgesia in a mouse model of painful diabetic neuropathy
Published in Molecular pain (01-01-2020)“…N-Acetylcysteine, one of the most prescribed antioxidant drugs, enhances pain threshold in rodents and humans by activating mGlu2 metabotropic glutamate…”
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Perineuronal nets are under the control of type-5 metabotropic glutamate receptors in the developing somatosensory cortex
Published in Translational psychiatry (18-02-2021)“…mGlu5 metabotropic glutamate receptors are highly functional in the early postnatal life, and regulate developmental plasticity of parvalbumin-positive (PV + )…”
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Analgesia induced by the epigenetic drug, L-acetylcarnitine, outlasts the end of treatment in mouse models of chronic inflammatory and neuropathic pain
Published in Molecular pain (2017)“…Background L-acetylcarnitine, a drug marketed for the treatment of chronic pain, causes analgesia by epigenetically up-regulating type-2 metabotropic glutamate…”
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Light-Induced Activation of a Specific Type-5 Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Antagonist in the Ventrobasal Thalamus Causes Analgesia in a Mouse Model of Breakthrough Cancer Pain
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (20-07-2022)“…Breakthrough cancer pain (BTcP) refers to a sudden and transient exacerbation of pain, which develops in patients treated with opioid analgesics. Fast-onset…”
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Targeting mGlu Receptors for Optimization of Antipsychotic Activity and Disease-Modifying Effect in Schizophrenia
Published in Frontiers in psychiatry (14-02-2019)“…Metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors are considered as candidate drug targets for the treatment of schizophrenia. These receptors form a family of eight…”
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Genetic Deletion of mGlu3 Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Amplifies Ischemic Brain Damage and Associated Neuroinflammation in Mice
Published in Frontiers in neurology (17-06-2021)“…Backgroud: Type-3 metabotropic glutamate (mGlu3) receptors are found in both neurons and glial cells and regulate synaptic transmission, astrocyte function,…”
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Analgesic Activity of Cinnabarinic Acid in Models of Inflammatory and Neuropathic Pain
Published in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience (02-06-2022)“…Cinnabarinic acid (CA) is a trace kynurenine metabolite, which activates both type-4 metabotropic glutamate (mGlu4) and arylic hydrocarbon (Ah) receptors. We…”
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mGlu1 Receptors Monopolize the Synaptic Control of Cerebellar Purkinje Cells by Epigenetically Down-Regulating mGlu5 Receptors
Published in Scientific reports (06-09-2018)“…In cerebellar Purkinje cells (PCs) type-1 metabotropic glutamate (mGlu1) receptors play a key role in motor learning and drive the refinement of synaptic…”
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Targeting mGlu1 Receptors in the Treatment of Motor and Cognitive Dysfunctions in Mice Modeling Type 1 Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Published in Cells (Basel, Switzerland) (01-12-2022)“…Type 1 spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA1) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder with no effective treatment to date. Using mice modeling SCA1, it has been…”
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Pharmacological enhancement of mGlu1 metabotropic glutamate receptors causes a prolonged symptomatic benefit in a mouse model of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1
Published in Molecular brain (19-11-2013)“…Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) is a genetic disorder characterized by severe ataxia associated with progressive loss of cerebellar Purkinje cells. The…”
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Hypertension Induces Brain β-Amyloid Accumulation, Cognitive Impairment, and Memory Deterioration Through Activation of Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products in Brain Vasculature
Published in Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. 1979) (01-07-2012)“…Although epidemiological data associate hypertension with a strong predisposition to develop Alzheimer disease, no mechanistic explanation exists so far. We…”
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A Progressive Build-up of Perineuronal Nets in the Somatosensory Cortex Is Associated with the Development of Chronic Pain in Mice
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (06-04-2022)“…Chronic pain is sustained by a maladaptive form of neuronal plasticity occurring in all stations of the pain neuraxis, including cortical regions of the pain…”
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The Trace Kynurenine, Cinnabarinic Acid, Displays Potent Antipsychotic-Like Activity in Mice and Its Levels Are Reduced in the Prefrontal Cortex of Individuals Affected by Schizophrenia
Published in Schizophrenia bulletin (01-12-2020)“…Abstract Cinnabarinic acid (CA) is a kynurenine metabolite that activates mGlu4 metabotropic glutamate receptors. Using a highly sensitive ultra-performance…”
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Pharmacological activation of mGlu5 receptors with the positive allosteric modulator VU0360172, modulates thalamic GABAergic transmission
Published in Neuropharmacology (01-11-2020)“…Previous studies have shown that injection of the mGlu5 receptor positive allosteric modulator (PAM) VU0360172 into either the thalamus or somatosensory cortex…”
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Repeated episodes of transient reduction of oxygen exposure simulating aircraft cabin conditions enhance resilience to stress in mice
Published in The European journal of neuroscience (01-11-2021)“…Pilots and crew of domestic flights are exposed to transient periods of mild reductions of partial pressure of inspired oxygen each day, and this might have…”
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Permissive role for mGlu1 metabotropic glutamate receptors in excitotoxic retinal degeneration
Published in Neuroscience (05-11-2017)“…•We used the monosodium glutamate model in mice to examine the role of mGlu1 receptors in retinal neurodegeneration.•Systemic pharmacological blockade of mGlu1…”
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Common and Rare Variants in TMEM175 Gene Concur to the Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s Disease in Italian Patients
Published in Molecular neurobiology (01-04-2023)“…Parkinson’s disease (PD) represents the most common neurodegenerative movement disorder. We recently identified 16 novel genes associated with PD. In this…”
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X-ray multiscale 3D neuroimaging to quantify cellular aging and neurodegeneration postmortem in a model of Alzheimer’s disease
Published in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (01-11-2022)“…Purpose Modern neuroimaging lacks the tools necessary for whole-brain, anatomically dense neuronal damage screening. An ideal approach would include unbiased…”
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Role of neuroinflammation in hypertension-induced brain amyloid pathology
Published in Neurobiology of aging (2012)“…Abstract Hypertension and sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) have been associated but clear pathophysiological links have not yet been demonstrated…”
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Expression of the K+/Cl− cotransporter, KCC2, in cerebellar Purkinje cells is regulated by group-I metabotropic glutamate receptors
Published in Neuropharmacology (15-03-2017)“…The neuronal K+/Cl− symporter, KCC2, shapes synaptic responses mediated by Cl−-permeant GABAA receptors. Moving from the evidence that excitatory…”
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