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List of works by Francesca Biagioni

5-HT(2C) serotonin receptor blockade prevents tau protein hyperphosphorylation and corrects the defect in hippocampal synaptic plasticity caused by a combination of environmental stressors in mice

scientific article published on 2 July 2015

A Re-Appraisal of Pathogenic Mechanisms Bridging Wet and Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration Leads to Reconsider a Role for Phytochemicals

scientific article published on 03 August 2020

A hypothesis on prion disorders: are infectious, inherited, and sporadic causes so distinct?

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Abnormal involuntary movements (AIMs) following pulsatile dopaminergic stimulation: severe deterioration and morphological correlates following the loss of locus coeruleus neurons.

scientific article published on 15 December 2006

Activation of brain metabolism and fos during limbic seizures: the role of locus coeruleus.

scientific article published on 6 March 2008

Altered distribution and function of A2A adenosine receptors in the brain of WAG/Rij rats with genetic absence epilepsy, before and after appearance of the disease

scientific article published in September 2009

Antitumor activity of [Pt(O,O'-acac)(γ-acac)(DMS)] in mouse xenograft model of breast cancer

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Antitumour and antiangiogenic activities of [Pt(O,O'-acac)(γ-acac)(DMS)] in a xenograft model of human renal cell carcinoma.

scientific article published on 28 June 2016

Brain diseases and tumorigenesis: The good and bad cops of pentraxin3.

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Cell Clearing Systems Bridging Neuro-Immunity and Synaptic Plasticity

scientific article published on 04 May 2019

Cell Clearing Systems as Targets of Polyphenols in Viral Infections: Potential Implications for COVID-19 Pathogenesis

scientific article published on 10 November 2020

Cell-Clearing Systems Bridging Repeat Expansion Proteotoxicity and Neuromuscular Junction Alterations in ALS and SBMA

scientific article published on 04 June 2020

Compartment-dependent mitochondrial alterations in experimental ALS, the effects of mitophagy and mitochondriogenesis

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DNA damage and ubiquitinated neuronal inclusions in the substantia nigra and striatum of mice following MDMA (ecstasy).

scientific article published on 13 December 2003

Degeneration of cholinergic basal forebrain nuclei after focally evoked status epilepticus

scientific article published on 20 September 2018

Dopamine stimulation via infusion in the lateral ventricle

scientific article published in August 2006

Effects of bevacizumab on neuronal viability of retinal ganglion cells in rats.

scientific article published on 15 August 2012

Effects of vitamin B12 on the corneal nerve regeneration in rats

scientific article published on 29 January 2014

Endogenous activation of mGlu5 metabotropic glutamate receptors contributes to the development of nigro-striatal damage induced by 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine in mice.

scientific article published in January 2004

Endogenous activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors supports the proliferation and survival of neural progenitor cells

scientific article published in August 2005

Enhanced expression of the neuronal K+/Cl- cotransporter, KCC2, in spontaneously depressed Flinders Sensitive Line rats

scientific article published on 11 February 2010

Enhanced tau phosphorylation in the hippocampus of mice treated with 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine ("Ecstasy").

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Epigenetic Effects Induced by Methamphetamine and Methamphetamine-Dependent Oxidative Stress

scientific article published on 22 July 2018

Erratum to "Mitochondrial Serine Protease HTRA2 p.G399S in a Female with Di George Syndrome and Parkinson's Disease"

scientific article published on 09 September 2018

Genetic or pharmacological blockade of noradrenaline synthesis enhances the neurochemical, behavioral, and neurotoxic effects of methamphetamine

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High number of striatal dopaminergic neurons during early postnatal development: correlation analysis with dopaminergic fibers

scientific article published on 29 August 2008

Histochemical approaches to assess cell-to-cell transmission of misfolded proteins in neurodegenerative diseases.

scientific article published on 07 March 2013

Hyperalgesic activity of kisspeptin in mice.

scientific article published on 23 November 2011

Induction of Dickkopf-1, a negative modulator of the Wnt pathway, is required for the development of ischemic neuronal death.

scientific article published in March 2005

Induction of the Wnt antagonist, Dickkopf-1, contributes to the development of neuronal death in models of brain focal ischemia.

scientific article published in October 2008

Induction of the Wnt inhibitor, Dickkopf-1, is associated with neurodegeneration related to temporal lobe epilepsy

scientific article published in April 2007

Intermittent Dopaminergic stimulation causes behavioral sensitization in the addicted brain and parkinsonism.

scientific article published on January 2009

Locus Coeruleus Modulates Neuroinflammation in Parkinsonism and Dementia

scientific article published on 16 November 2020

Loss of spinal motor neurons and alteration of alpha-synuclein immunostaining in MPTP induced Parkinsonism in mice.

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Merging the Multi-Target Effects of Phytochemicals in Neurodegeneration: From Oxidative Stress to Protein Aggregation and Inflammation

scientific article published on 20 October 2020

Methamphetamine persistently increases alpha-synuclein and suppresses gene promoter methylation within striatal neurons

scientific article published on 28 May 2019

Mitochondrial Serine Protease HTRA2 p.G399S in a Female with Di George Syndrome and Parkinson's Disease

scientific article published on 21 June 2018

Motor neuron pathology and behavioral alterations at late stages in a SMA mouse model.

scientific article published on 5 January 2012

Neuronal inclusions in degenerative disorders Do they represent static features or a key to understand the dynamics of the disease?

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Nigrostriatal damage with 6-OHDA: validation of routinely applied procedures

scientific article published in August 2006

Norepinephrine Protects against Methamphetamine Toxicity through β2-Adrenergic Receptors Promoting LC3 Compartmentalization

scientific article published on 5 July 2021

Occurrence of neuronal inclusions combined with increased nigral expression of alpha-synuclein within dopaminergic neurons following treatment with amphetamine derivatives in mice

scientific article published in May 2005

Pentraxin 3 Induces Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction Through a P-selectin/Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 Pathway

scientific article published on 6 March 2015

Pharmacological activation of mGlu2/3 metabotropic glutamate receptors protects retinal neurons against anoxic damage in the goldfish Carassius auratus.

scientific article published on 29 December 2006

Pharmacological activation of mGlu4 metabotropic glutamate receptors reduces nigrostriatal degeneration in mice treated with 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine.

scientific article published in July 2006

Pharmacological enhancement of mGlu1 metabotropic glutamate receptors causes a prolonged symptomatic benefit in a mouse model of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1.

scientific article published on 19 November 2013

Phytochemicals Bridging Autophagy Induction and Alpha-Synuclein Degradation in Parkinsonism

scientific article published on 03 July 2019

Plastic changes in the spinal cord in motor neuron disease

scientific article published on 16 April 2014

Potential Antidepressant Effects of Scutellaria baicalensis, Hericium erinaceus and Rhodiola rosea

scientific article published on 12 March 2020

Potentiation of mGlu5 receptors with the novel enhancer, VU0360172, reduces spontaneous absence seizures in WAG/Rij rats

scientific article published on 15 June 2012

Prion Protein in Glioblastoma Multiforme

scientific article published on 15 October 2019

Promiscuous Roles of Autophagy and Proteasome in Neurodegenerative Proteinopathies

scientific article published on 24 April 2020

Protective role for type-1 metabotropic glutamate receptors against spike and wave discharges in the WAG/Rij rat model of absence epilepsy.

scientific article published on 26 January 2011

Protective role of group-II metabotropic glutamate receptors against nigro-striatal degeneration induced by 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine in mice.

scientific article published on August 2003

Quantitative Ultrastructural Morphometry and Gene Expression of mTOR-Related Mitochondriogenesis within Glioblastoma Cells

scientific article published on 27 June 2020

Rapamycin inhibits the growth of glioblastoma.

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Role of autophagy inhibitors and inducers in modulating the toxicity of trimethyltin in neuronal cell cultures.

scientific article published on 14 March 2012

Switch in the expression of mGlu1 and mGlu5 metabotropic glutamate receptors in the cerebellum of mice developing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and in autoptic cerebellar samples from patients with multiple sclerosis.

scientific article published on 8 July 2008

TGF-beta 1 protects against Abeta-neurotoxicity via the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase pathway.

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TREM Receptors Connecting Bowel Inflammation to Neurodegenerative Disorders

scientific article published on 21 September 2019

The Autophagoproteasome a Novel Cell Clearing Organelle in Baseline and Stimulated Conditions.

scientific article published on 21 July 2016

The Autophagy Status of Cancer Stem Cells in Gliobastoma Multiforme: From Cancer Promotion to Therapeutic Strategies

scientific article published on 05 August 2019

The Multi-Faceted Effect of Curcumin in Glioblastoma from Rescuing Cell Clearance to Autophagy-Independent Effects

scientific article published on 20 October 2020

The Role of Cellular Prion Protein in Promoting Stemness and Differentiation in Cancer

scientific article published on 06 January 2021

The Wnt antagonist, Dickkopf-1, as a target for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders.

scientific article published on 22 April 2008

The emerging role of m-TOR up-regulation in brain Astrocytoma

scientific article published on 24 October 2016

The inflammatory protein Pentraxin 3 in cardiovascular disease

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The preferential mGlu2/3 receptor antagonist, LY341495, reduces the frequency of spike-wave discharges in the WAG/Rij rat model of absence epilepsy

scientific article published in January 2005

The role of autophagy in epileptogenesis and in epilepsy-induced neuronal alterations

scientific article published on 14 September 2014

The role of norepinephrine in epilepsy: from the bench to the bedside.

scientific article published in September 2004

Transglutaminase 2 ablation leads to defective function of mitochondrial respiratory complex I affecting neuronal vulnerability in experimental models of extrapyramidal disorders.

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Vacuolar Protein Sorting Genes in Parkinson's Disease: A Re-appraisal of Mutations Detection Rate and Neurobiology of Disease

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mGLU3 metabotropic glutamate receptors modulate the differentiation of SVZ-derived neural stem cells towards the astrocytic lineage.

scientific article published in May 2010

mTOR Modulates Intercellular Signals for Enlargement and Infiltration in Glioblastoma Multiforme

scientific article published on 02 September 2020

mTOR Modulates Methamphetamine-Induced Toxicity through Cell Clearing Systems

scientific article published on 29 October 2018

mTOR-Dependent Cell Proliferation in the Brain.

scientific article published on 13 November 2017

mTOR-Related Cell-Clearing Systems in Epileptic Seizures, an Update

scientific article published on 28 February 2020