List of works by Monica Di Luca

(+)-MCPG induces PKCepsilon translocation in cortical synaptosomes through a PLD-coupled mGluR.

scientific article published on April 2000

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

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

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Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors increase ADAM10 activity by promoting its trafficking in neuroblastoma cell lines.

scientific article published on September 2004

AlphaCaMKII and NMDA-receptor subunit expression in epileptogenic cortex from human periventricular nodular heterotopia

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AlphaCaMKII binding to the C-terminal tail of NMDA receptor subunit NR2A and its modulation by autophosphorylation

scientific article published in August 1999

Amyloid flirting with synaptic failure: towards a comprehensive view of Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis.

scientific article published on 04 March 2008

Amyloid precursor protein metabolism is regulated toward alpha-secretase pathway by Ginkgo biloba extracts

scientific article published in July 2004

ApoE genotype influences the biological effect of donepezil on APP metabolism in Alzheimer disease: evidence from a peripheral model

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Artificial neural networks allow the use of simultaneous measurements of Alzheimer disease markers for early detection of the disease.

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Aβ leads to Ca²⁺ signaling alterations and transcriptional changes in glial cells.

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BDNF genetic variations increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease-related depression

scientific article published in January 2009

Biological markers in Alzheimer disease

scientific article published in February 2003

Blocking ADAM10 synaptic trafficking generates a model of sporadic Alzheimer's disease

scientific article published on 30 August 2010

Brain magnetic resonance imaging structural changes in a pedigree of asymptomatic progranulin mutation carriers

scientific article published in June 2008

Calcium-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II phosphorylation modulates PSD-95 binding to NMDA receptors

scientific article published in November 2006

Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II phosphorylation drives synapse-associated protein 97 into spines.

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Catechol-o-methyltransferase gene polymorphism in dementia with Lewy bodies-related psychosis: evidence for a genetic predisposition

scientific article published in December 2006

Cellular expression of somatostatin in MAM-induced microencephaly in the rat.

scientific article published in November 1992

Cerebrospinal Fluid Tau in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration: Clinical, Neuroimaging, and Prognostic Correlates

scientific article published on 14 February 2011

Changes in Protein Kinase C and its Presynaptic Substrate B-SO/GAP-43 after Intrauterine Exposure to Methylazoxy-methanol, a Treatment Inducing Cortical and Hippocampal Damage and Cognitive Deficit in Rats

scientific article published in May 1995

Cholinesterase inhibitors exert a protective effect on endothelial damage in Alzheimer disease patients

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Cholinesterase inhibitors influence APP metabolism in Alzheimer disease patients.

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Cognitive and neurological deficits induced by early and prolonged basal forebrain cholinergic hypofunction in rats

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Combined 5-HT1A and 5-HT1B receptor agonists for the treatment of L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia

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Combined 99mTc-ECD SPECT and neuropsychological studies in MCI for the assessment of conversion to AD.

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Consensus document on European brain research.

scientific article published in March 2011

Coxsackievirus Adenovirus Receptor Loss Impairs Adult Neurogenesis, Synapse Content, and Hippocampus Plasticity.

scientific article published on September 2016

Cumulative effect of COMT and 5-HTTLPR polymorphisms and their interaction with disease severity and comorbidities on the risk of psychosis in Alzheimer disease

scientific article published in April 2006

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

scientific article published in January 2009

Denervation and hyperinnervation in the nervous system of diabetic animals: III. Functional alterations of G proteins in diabetic encephalopathy

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Determination of the endogenous phosphorylation state of B-50/GAP-43 and neurogranin in different brain regions by electrospray mass spectrometry

scientific article published in July 1996

Differential Level of Platelet Amyloid beta Precursor Protein Isoforms: An Early Marker for Alzheimer Disease

scientific article published in September 1998

Differential translocation of protein kinase C isozymes in rats characterized by a chronic lack of LTP induction and cognitive impairment

scientific article published on 9 September 1996

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

scientific article published on October 2010

Dual role of CaMKII-dependent SAP97 phosphorylation in mediating trafficking and insertion of NMDA receptor subunit NR2A.

scientific article published on 29 November 2006

Dysplastic neocortex and subcortical heterotopias in methylazoxymethanol-treated rats: an intracellular study of identified pyramidal neurones.

scientific article published in May 1998

Early stages of probable Alzheimer disease are associated with changes in platelet amyloid precursor protein forms.

scientific article published in December 2002

Effect of rasagiline on the molecular composition of the excitatory postsynaptic density

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Effects of central and peripheral inflammation on hippocampal synaptic plasticity

scientific article published on 4 January 2013

Effects of streptozotocin-diabetes on the hippocampal NMDA receptor complex in rats.

scientific article published in February 2002

Epilepsy-induced abnormal striatal plasticity in Bassoon mutant mice.

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Establishing short-term prognosis in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration spectrum: role of genetic background and clinical phenotype

scientific article published in February 2010

European neuroscience research: the road ahead..

scientific article published in March 2011

Evidence of white matter changes on diffusion tensor imaging in frontotemporal dementia

scientific article published in February 2007

Expression of AMPA and NMDA receptor subunits in the cervical spinal cord of wobbler mice

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Functional correlates of Apolipoprotein E genotype in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration

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Genetic background predicts poor prognosis in frontotemporal lobar degeneration.

scientific article published on 11 February 2011

Genetic correlates of behavioral endophenotypes in Alzheimer disease: role of COMT, 5-HTTLPR and APOE polymorphisms.

scientific article published on 27 October 2005

High cholesterol affects platelet APP processing in controls and in AD patients

scientific article published in September 2003

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

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

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Increased [³H]D-aspartate release and changes in glutamate receptor expression in the hippocampus of the mnd mouse

scientific article published on 3 February 2012

Increased presynaptic protein kinase C activity and glutamate release in rats with a prenatally induced hippocampal lesion.

scientific article published on March 1997

Interleukin-1β Released by gp120 Drives Neural Death through Tyrosine Phosphorylation and Trafficking of NMDA Receptors

scientific article published in Journal of Biological Chemistry

Lack of PSD-95 drives hippocampal neuronal cell death through activation of an alpha CaMKII transduction pathway

scientific article published in September 2002

Latent profile analysis in frontotemporal lobar degeneration and related disorders: clinical presentation and SPECT functional correlates

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Levels of NGF, p75NGFR and ChAT immunoreactivity in brain of adult and aged microencephalic rats.

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Linking supply to demand: the neuronal monocarboxylate transporter MCT2 and the alpha-amino-3-hydroxyl-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionic acid receptor GluR2/3 subunit are associated in a common trafficking process.

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Measurement of relative amounts of phospho- and dephospho-B-50(GAP-43) peptides by fast atom bombardment-mass spectrometry

scientific article published on 20 April 1992

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

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Microencephaly reduces the phosphorylation of the PKC substrate B-50/GAP43 in rat cortex and hippocampus

scientific article published in January 1991

Microvascular damage and platelet abnormalities in early Alzheimer's disease.

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Misplaced NMDA receptors in epileptogenesis contribute to excitotoxicity

scientific article published in August 2011

Modulatory effect of acetyl-L-carnitine on amyloid precursor protein metabolism in hippocampal neurons.

scientific article published on 6 September 2008

Mutation within TARDBP leads to frontotemporal dementia without motor neuron disease.

scientific article published in November 2009

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 composition differs among anatomically diverse malformations of cortical development.

scientific article published in September 2006

NMDA receptor subunits are modified transcriptionally and post-translationally in the brain of streptozotocin-diabetic rats

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NR2B subunit exerts a critical role in postischemic synaptic plasticity

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Neonatal exposure to brominated flame retardant BDE-47 reduces long-term potentiation and postsynaptic protein levels in mouse hippocampus

scientific article published on 5 February 2007

Neurogenesis in cerebral heterotopia induced in rats by prenatal methylazoxymethanol treatment

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New targets for pharmacological intervention in the glutamatergic synapse

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Pathophysiological implications of the structural organization of the excitatory synapse.

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Pattern of Tau forms in CSF is altered in progressive supranuclear palsy.

scientific article published on 20 August 2007

Peripheral Blood Abnormalities in Alzheimer Disease: Evidence for Early Endothelial Dysfunction

scientific article published in July 2002

Platelet amyloid precursor protein abnormalities in mild cognitive impairment predict conversion to dementia of Alzheimer type: a 2-year follow-up study.

scientific article published in December 2003

Platelet amyloid precursor protein forms in AD: a peripheral diagnostic tool and a pharmacological target.

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Platelets as a peripheral district where to study pathogenetic mechanisms of alzheimer disease: the case of amyloid precursor protein.

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Platelets provide human tissue to unravel pathogenic mechanisms of Alzheimer disease.

scientific article published in August 2004

Postsynaptic density-membrane associated guanylate kinase proteins (PSD-MAGUKs) and their role in CNS disorders.

scientific article published on 13 August 2008

Pre-clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer disease combining platelet amyloid precursor protein ratio and rCBF spect analysis.

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Predicting cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease. Role of platelet amyloid precursor protein.

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Preliminary evidence that VEGF genetic variability confers susceptibility to frontotemporal lobar degeneration.

scientific article published on August 2008

Progranulin genetic variations in frontotemporal lobar degeneration: evidence for low mutation frequency in an Italian clinical series

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Protein kinase C activation modulates alpha-calmodulin kinase II binding to NR2A subunit of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor complex.

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Regulation of dopamine D1 receptor trafficking and desensitization by oligomerization with glutamate N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors.

scientific article published on 19 March 2003

Repeated treatment with haloperidol, but not olanzapine, alters synaptic NMDA receptor composition in rat striatum.

scientific article published on 3 December 2007

Reply to “Diagnosis of progressive supranuclear palsy: can measurement of tau forms help?”

scientific article published in August 2012

Ring finger protein 10 is a novel synaptonuclear messenger encoding activation of NMDA receptors in hippocampus

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Role of BDNF Val66Met functional polymorphism in Alzheimer's disease-related depression.

scientific article published on 7 January 2008

Role of Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β in APP Hyperphosphorylation Induced by NMDA Stimulation in Cortical Neurons.

scientific article published on 7 January 2010

SAP97 directs the localization of Kv4.2 to spines in hippocampal neurons: regulation by CaMKII

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SAP97-mediated local trafficking is altered in Alzheimer disease patients' hippocampus.

scientific article published on 27 October 2010

Searching for new animal models of Alzheimer's disease.

scientific article published on 15 October 2009

Selective in vitro blockade of neuroepithelial cells proliferation by methylazoxymethanol, a molecule capable of inducing long lasting functional impairments

scientific article published on 01 August 1995

Serum cholesterol levels modulate long-term efficacy of cholinesterase inhibitors in Alzheimer disease

scientific article published in June 2003

Synapse-associated protein-97 mediates alpha-secretase ADAM10 trafficking and promotes its activity

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Synaptic GluN2A-Containing NMDA Receptors: From Physiology to Pathological Synaptic Plasticity

scientific article published on 24 February 2020

Synaptic activity controls dendritic spine morphology by modulating eEF2-dependent BDNF synthesis

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Synaptic dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease.

scientific article published on January 2012

Synaptic localization and activity of ADAM10 regulate excitatory synapses through N-cadherin cleavage

scientific article published on December 2010

Synaptic plasticity in the diabetic brain: advanced aging?

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

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Tau haplotype affects CSF Tau levels in frontotemporal dementia: implication for diagnostic purposes

scientific article published on 24 May 2006

Tau haplotype influences cerebral perfusion pattern in frontotemporal lobar degeneration and related disorders.

scientific article published on 3 January 2008

The cost of brain diseases: a burden or a challenge?

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The effect of APOE genotype on clinical phenotype in Alzheimer disease

scientific article published on 01 February 2007

The neuropeptide PACAP38 induces dendritic spine remodeling through ADAM10-N-cadherin signaling pathway

scientific article published on 10 February 2012

euroSCIENCE moves into sixth gear!

scientific article published in November 2002