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List of works by Rita Citraro

3D Pharmacophore Models for 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroisoquinoline Derivatives Acting as Anticonvulsant Agents

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

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

Ameliorating effects of aripiprazole on cognitive functions and depressive-like behavior in a genetic rat model of absence epilepsy and mild-depression comorbidity

scientific article published on 02 July 2012

Amino acid levels in some brain areas of inducible nitric oxide synthase knock out mouse (iNOS-/-) before and after pentylenetetrazole kindling

scientific article published in December 2006

Antiabsence effects of carbenoxolone in two genetic animal models of absence epilepsy (WAG/Rij rats and lh/lh mice).

scientific article published in September 2005

Antidepressants but not antipsychotics have antiepileptogenic effects with limited effects on comorbid depressive-like behaviour in the WAG/Rij rat model of absence epilepsy

scientific article published on 10 April 2015

Antiepileptic action of N-palmitoylethanolamine through CB1 and PPAR-α receptor activation in a genetic model of absence epilepsy

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Antiepileptogenic effects of the selective COX-2 inhibitor etoricoxib, on the development of spontaneous absence seizures in WAG/Rij rats.

scientific article published on 19 February 2015

Are big potassium-type Ca(2+)-activated potassium channels a viable target for the treatment of epilepsy?

scientific article published on 03 April 2015

Brivaracetam: review of its pharmacology and potential use as adjunctive therapy in patients with partial onset seizures

scientific article published on 19 October 2015

CB1 agonists, locally applied to the cortico-thalamic circuit of rats with genetic absence epilepsy, reduce epileptic manifestations.

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Comparative analysis of the treatment of chronic antipsychotic drugs on epileptic susceptibility in genetically epilepsy-prone rats

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Comparison of the antiepileptogenic effects of an early long-term treatment with ethosuximide or levetiracetam in a genetic animal model of absence epilepsy

scientific article published on 16 November 2009

Development of 3-substituted-1H-indole derivatives as NR2B/NMDA receptor antagonists

scientific article published on 31 December 2008

Does antiepileptogenesis affect sleep in genetic epileptic rats?

scientific article published on 23 September 2011

Early molecular and behavioral response to lipopolysaccharide in the WAG/Rij rat model of absence epilepsy and depressive-like behavior, involves interplay between AMPK, AKT/mTOR pathways and neuroinflammatory cytokine release

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Effectiveness and Safety of a New Nutrient Fixed Combination Containing Pollen Extract Plus Teupolioside, in the Management of LUTS in Patients with Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy: A Pilot Study

scientific article published on 28 June 2022

Effects of chronic sodium alendronate on depression and anxiety in a menopausal experimental model.

scientific article published on 24 December 2014

Effects of early long-term treatment with antiepileptic drugs on development of seizures and depressive-like behavior in a rat genetic absence epilepsy model

scientific article published on 2 June 2011

Effects of ethanol on the development of genetically determined epilepsies in rats

scientific article published on 9 July 2008

Effects of non-competitive AMPA receptor antagonists injected into some brain areas of WAG/Rij rats, an animal model of generalized absence epilepsy.

scientific article published on 9 August 2006

Effects of some neurosteroids injected into some brain areas of WAG/Rij rats, an animal model of generalized absence epilepsy

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Enhancement of anti-absence effects of ethosuximide by low doses of a noncompetitive alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor antagonist in a genetic animal model of absence epilepsy

scientific article published on 2 June 2008

Everolimus improves memory and learning while worsening depressive- and anxiety-like behavior in an animal model of depression

scientific article published on 19 March 2016

Fingolimod Exerts only Temporary Antiepileptogenic Effects but Longer-Lasting Positive Effects on Behavior in the WAG/Rij Rat Absence Epilepsy Model

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Fosinopril and zofenopril, two angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, potentiate the anticonvulsant activity of antiepileptic drugs against audiogenic seizures in DBA/2 mice

scientific article published on 17 November 2011

From Cannabis to Cannabidiol to Treat Epilepsy, Where Are We?

scientific article published on 31 August 2016

Genetically epilepsy-prone rats (GEPRs) and DBA/2 mice: Two animal models of audiogenic reflex epilepsy for the evaluation of new generation AEDs

scientific article published on 06 August 2015

Lamotrigine positively affects the development of psychiatric comorbidity in epileptic animals, while psychiatric comorbidity aggravates seizures

scientific article published on 15 June 2013

Long-term betamethasone 21-phosphate disodium treatment has distinct effects in CD1 and DBA/2 mice on animal behavior accompanied by opposite effects on neurogenesis

scientific article published on 5 October 2014

New AMPA antagonists in epilepsy.

scientific article published on 13 July 2012

Nifedipine affects the anticonvulsant activity of topiramate in various animal models of epilepsy

scientific article published in May 2004

Novel PEG-coated niosomes based on bola-surfactant as drug carriers for 5-fluorouracil.

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Novel potent anticonvulsant agent containing a tetrahydroisoquinoline skeleton

scientific article published in September 2006

Palmitoylethanolamide modulates pentobarbital-evoked hypnotic effect in mice: involvement of allopregnanolone biosynthesis

scientific article published on 27 October 2009

Pazopanib a tyrosine kinase inhibitor with strong anti-angiogenetic activity: a new treatment for metastatic soft tissue sarcoma

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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha plays a crucial role in behavioral repetition and cognitive flexibility in mice

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Perspective on the use of perampanel and intravenous carbamazepine for generalized seizures.

scientific article published on 17 January 2014

Perspectives on treatment options for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis

scientific article published on 2 September 2015

Pharmacodynamic potentiation of antiepileptic drugs' effects by some HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors against audiogenic seizures in DBA/2 mice

scientific article published on 17 December 2012

Pharmacovigilance in pharmaceutical companies: An overview

scientific article published on December 2013

Positive allosteric modulation of metabotropic glutamate 4 (mGlu4) receptors enhances spontaneous and evoked absence seizures.

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Preclinical activity profile of α-lactoalbumin, a whey protein rich in tryptophan, in rodent models of seizures and epilepsy

scientific article published on 01 April 2011

Protective activity of α-lactoalbumin (ALAC), a whey protein rich in tryptophan, in rodent models of epileptogenesis

scientific article published on 19 September 2012

Protective effects of some statins on epileptogenesis and depressive-like behavior in WAG/Rij rats, a genetic animal model of absence epilepsy

scientific article published on 24 June 2014

Solution-phase parallel synthesis and evaluation of anticonvulsant activity of N-substituted-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline-2(1H)-carboxamides

scientific article published on 7 March 2008

Statins and epilepsy: preclinical studies, clinical trials and statin-anticonvulsant drug interactions

scientific article published on January 2015

Synthesis and anticonvulsant evaluation of N-substituted isoquinoline AMPA receptor antagonists

scientific article published on 29 November 2007

T-type channel blocking properties and antiabsence activity of two imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine derivatives structurally related to indomethacin.

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Targeting α-amino-3-hydroxyl-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionate receptors in epilepsy.

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The mTOR signaling pathway and neuronal stem/progenitor cell proliferation in the hippocampus are altered during the development of absence epilepsy in a genetic animal model.

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The mTOR signaling pathway in the brain: focus on epilepsy and epileptogenesis

scientific article published on 24 July 2012

The potential role of cannabinoids in epilepsy treatment

scientific article published on 26 August 2017

The preclinical discovery and development of brivaracetam for the treatment of focal epilepsy

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The sphingosine 1-phosphate signaling pathway in epilepsy: A possible role for the immunomodulator drug fingolimod in epilepsy treatment

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Upholding WAG/Rij rats as a model of absence epileptogenesis: Hidden mechanisms and a new theory on seizure development

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Vertigo/dizziness as a Drugs' adverse reaction

scientific article published on December 2013

Vigabatrin has antiepileptogenic and antidepressant effects in an animal model of epilepsy and depression comorbidity

scientific article published on 22 July 2011

mTOR inhibition modulates epileptogenesis, seizures and depressive behavior in a genetic rat model of absence epilepsy

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mTOR pathway inhibition as a new therapeutic strategy in epilepsy and epileptogenesis

scientific article published on 2 April 2016