List of works by Barbara Picconi

A convergent model for cognitive dysfunctions in Parkinson's disease: the critical dopamine-acetylcholine synaptic balance.

scientific article published on November 2006

A critical interaction between NR2B and MAGUK in L-DOPA induced dyskinesia

scientific journal article

A2A adenosine receptor antagonism enhances synaptic and motor effects of cocaine via CB1 cannabinoid receptor activation

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

A2A adenosine receptor antagonists protect the striatum against rotenone-induced neurotoxicity.

scientific article published on 29 January 2009

Abnormal Ca2+-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II function mediates synaptic and motor deficits in experimental parkinsonism.

scientific article

Acetyl-L-Carnitine selectively prevents post-ischemic LTP via a possible action on mitochondrial energy metabolism.

scientific article published on 24 May 2008

Acetyl-L-carnitine protects striatal neurons against in vitro ischemia: the role of endogenous acetylcholine

scientific article published on 24 February 2006

Alpha-Synuclein Produces Early Behavioral Alterations via Striatal Cholinergic Synaptic Dysfunction by Interacting With GluN2D N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Subunit.

scientific article published on 20 August 2015

An abnormal striatal synaptic plasticity may account for the selective neuronal vulnerability in Huntington's disease

scientific article published in February 2001

Author Correction: Blunting neuroinflammation with resolvin D1 prevents early pathology in a rat model of Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 14 October 2019

BDNF-TrkB signaling in striatopallidal neurons controls inhibition of locomotor behavior

scientific article

Blunting neuroinflammation with resolvin D1 prevents early pathology in a rat model of Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 02 September 2019

Chronic haloperidol promotes corticostriatal long-term potentiation by targeting dopamine D2L receptors.

scientific article published in September 2004

Cocaine and amphetamine depress striatal GABAergic synaptic transmission through D2 dopamine receptors

scientific article published in February 2002

Critical role of calcitonin gene-related peptide receptors in cortical spreading depression

scientific article

Decreased NR2B subunit synaptic levels cause impaired long-term potentiation but not long-term depression.

scientific article published in January 2009

Deficits of glutamate transmission in the striatum of toxic and genetic models of Huntington's disease

scientific article

Derangement of Ras-guanine nucleotide-releasing factor 1 (Ras-GRF1) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) dependent striatal plasticity in L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia.

scientific article published on 12 April 2014

Direct and indirect pathways in levodopa-induced dyskinesia: A more complex matter than a network imbalance

scientific article published on 01 August 2010

Direct and indirect pathways of basal ganglia: a critical reappraisal

scientific article

Distinct levels of dopamine denervation differentially alter striatal synaptic plasticity and NMDA receptor subunit composition.

scientific article published on October 2010

Dopamine denervation induces neurotensin immunoreactivity in GABA-parvalbumin striatal neurons.

scientific article published in September 2001

Dopamine-dependent long-term depression is expressed in striatal spiny neurons of both direct and indirect pathways: implications for Parkinson's disease.

scientific article

Dopamine-mediated regulation of corticostriatal synaptic plasticity.

scientific article published on 23 March 2007

Downstream mechanisms triggered by mitochondrial dysfunction in the basal ganglia: from experimental models to neurodegenerative diseases.

scientific article published on 14 August 2009

Early synaptic dysfunction in Parkinson's disease: Insights from animal models.

scientific article published on 19 May 2016

Electrophysiological actions of zonisamide on striatal neurons: Selective neuroprotection against complex I mitochondrial dysfunction.

scientific article published on 11 November 2009

Electrophysiology and pharmacology of striatal neuronal dysfunction induced by mitochondrial complex I inhibition

scientific article published on August 2008

Environmental enrichment restores CA1 hippocampal LTP and reduces severity of seizures in epileptic mice

scientific article published on 20 May 2014

Epilepsy-induced abnormal striatal plasticity in Bassoon mutant mice.

scientific article

Experimental parkinsonism modulates multiple genes involved in the transduction of dopaminergic signals in the striatum

scientific article published in August 2002

Higher free D-aspartate and N-methyl-D-aspartate levels prevent striatal depotentiation and anticipate L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia.

scientific article

Hippocampal synaptic plasticity, memory, and epilepsy: effects of long-term valproic acid treatment.

scientific article

Impaired plasticity at specific subset of striatal synapses in the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down syndrome

scientific article published on 8 October 2009

Inhibition of phosphodiesterases rescues striatal long-term depression and reduces levodopa-induced dyskinesia.

scientific article

Interaction between basal ganglia and limbic circuits in learning and memory processes.

scientific article published on 05 September 2015

Interaction of A2A adenosine and D2 dopamine receptors modulates corticostriatal glutamatergic transmission

scientific article published on 16 August 2007

Ionic mechanisms underlying differential vulnerability to ischemia in striatal neurons.

scientific article

Is Pharmacological Neuroprotection Dependent on Reduced Glutamate Release?

scientific article published in March 2000

Ischemic-LTP in striatal spiny neurons of both direct and indirect pathway requires the activation of D1-like receptors and NO/soluble guanylate cyclase/cGMP transmission.

scientific article published on 14 November 2012

L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine-induced sprouting of serotonin axon terminals: A useful biomarker for dyskinesias?

scientific article published on November 2010

L-DOPA treatment of parkinsonian rats changes the expression of Src, Lyn and PKC kinases

scientific journal article

Lamotrigine and remacemide protect striatal neurons against in vitro ischemia: an electrophysiological study.

scientific article published in August 2003

Levodopa-induced dyskinesias in patients with Parkinson's disease: filling the bench-to-bedside gap.

scientific article published on 27 September 2010

Levodopa-induced plasticity: a double-edged sword in Parkinson's disease?

scientific article

Loss of bidirectional striatal synaptic plasticity in L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia

scientific article published in May 2003

Mapping P2X and P2Y receptor proteins in striatum and substantia nigra: An immunohistological study.

scientific article

Mechanisms underlying altered striatal synaptic plasticity in old A53T-α synuclein overexpressing mice.

scientific article published on 17 June 2011

Mechanisms underlying the impairment of hippocampal long-term potentiation and memory in experimental Parkinson's disease.

scientific article

Memantine alters striatal plasticity inducing a shift of synaptic responses toward long-term depression

scientific article

Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 mediates the potentiation of N-methyl-D-aspartate responses in medium spiny striatal neurons.

scientific article

Modulation of serotonergic transmission by eltoprazine in L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia: Behavioral, molecular, and synaptic mechanisms

scientific article published on 27 November 2015

Molecular mechanisms underlying levodopa-induced dyskinesia.

scientific article published on January 2008

Multiple mechanisms underlying the neuroprotective effects of antiepileptic drugs against in vitro ischemia

scientific article published on 30 March 2006

N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor composition modulates dendritic spine morphology in striatal medium spiny neurons.

scientific article published on 9 April 2012

NMDA receptor GluN2A/GluN2B subunit ratio as synaptic trait of levodopa-induced dyskinesias: from experimental models to patients.

scientific article published on 6 July 2015

NR2B subunit exerts a critical role in postischemic synaptic plasticity

scientific article

Na+/Ca2+ exchanger maintains ionic homeostasis in the peri-infarct area.

scientific article published on 29 March 2007

Neuroinflammation and synaptic plasticity: theoretical basis for a novel, immune-centred, therapeutic approach to neurological disorders.

scientific article

Neuronal networks and synaptic plasticity in Parkinson's disease: beyond motor deficits.

scientific article published on January 2007

Neuronal vulnerability following inhibition of mitochondrial complex II: a possible ionic mechanism for Huntington's disease

scientific article published in January 2004

New experimental and clinical links between the hippocampus and the dopaminergic system in Parkinson's disease.

scientific article published on August 2013

New synaptic and molecular targets for neuroprotection in Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 23 August 2012

Pathological synaptic plasticity in the striatum: implications for Parkinson's disease.

scientific article

Pathophysiology of L-dopa-induced motor and non-motor complications in Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 21 July 2015

Pathways of neurodegeneration and experimental models of basal ganglia disorders: downstream effects of mitochondrial inhibition

scientific article published on 16 June 2006

Plastic abnormalities in experimental Huntington's disease

scientific article published on 30 October 2006

Plastic and behavioral abnormalities in experimental Huntington's disease: a crucial role for cholinergic interneurons

scientific article published on 2 December 2005

Plasticity and repair in the post-ischemic brain.

scientific article published on 13 February 2008

Prenatal stress and hippocampal BDNF expression: a fading imperative

scientific article published in March 2012

Protein phosphatase inhibitors induce modification of synapse structure and tau hyperphosphorylation in cultured rat hippocampal neurons.

scientific article published in June 1997

Rebalance of striatal NMDA/AMPA receptor ratio underlies the reduced emergence of dyskinesia during D2-like dopamine agonist treatment in experimental Parkinson's disease

scientific article

Region-specific restoration of striatal synaptic plasticity by dopamine grafts in experimental parkinsonism

scientific article

Rhes influences striatal cAMP/PKA-dependent signaling and synaptic plasticity in a gender-sensitive fashion.

scientific article

Rhes-mTORC1 interaction: A new possible therapeutic target in Parkinson's disease and L-dopa-induced dyskinesia?

scientific article published in June 2012

Role of tonically-active neurons in the control of striatal function: cellular mechanisms and behavioral correlates

scientific article

Short-term and long-term plasticity at corticostriatal synapses: implications for learning and memory.

scientific article published on 02 October 2008

Striatal metabotropic glutamate receptor function following experimental parkinsonism and chronic levodopa treatment

scientific article published in December 2002

Striatal metabotropic glutamate receptors as a target for pharmacotherapy in Parkinson's disease.

scientific article

Striatum-hippocampus balance: from physiological behavior to interneuronal pathology.

scientific article published on 14 April 2011

Subthalamic nucleus lesion reverses motor abnormalities and striatal glutamatergic overactivity in experimental parkinsonism.

scientific article published on January 2005

Synaptic dysfunction in Parkinson's disease.

scientific article published on April 2010

Synaptic plasticity during recovery from permanent occlusion of the middle cerebral artery

scientific article

Targeting NR2A-containing NMDA receptors reduces L-DOPA-induced dyskinesias.

scientific article

Targeting metabotropic glutamate receptors as a new strategy against levodopa-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease?

scientific article published on 3 March 2014

The Distinct Role of Medium Spiny Neurons and Cholinergic Interneurons in the D2/A2A Receptor Interaction in the Striatum: Implications for Parkinson's Disease

scientific article published on 01 February 2011

Therapeutic doses of L-dopa reverse hypersensitivity of corticostriatal D2-dopamine receptors and glutamatergic overactivity in experimental parkinsonism.

scientific article published on 20 May 2004

Tissue plasminogen activator is required for corticostriatal long-term potentiation.

scientific article published in August 2002

TrkB/BDNF-dependent striatal plasticity and behavior in a genetic model of epilepsy: modulation by valproic acid

scientific article

l-DOPA dosage is critically involved in dyskinesia via loss of synaptic depotentiation

scientific article published on 11 October 2007

l-DOPA reverses the impairment of Dentate Gyrus LTD in experimental parkinsonism via β-adrenergic receptors

scientific article

mTOR inhibitor rapamycin suppresses striatal post-ischemic LTP.

scientific article published on 18 September 2010

Θ-burst stimulation and striatal plasticity in experimental parkinsonism

scientific article published in May 2012

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