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List of works by Simone Macrì

A behavioural test battery to investigate tic-like symptoms, stereotypies, attentional capabilities, and spontaneous locomotion in different mouse strains

scientific article published on 24 March 2014

A robotics-based behavioral paradigm to measure anxiety-related responses in zebrafish

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A tracking system for laboratory mice to support medical researchers in behavioral analysis.

scientific article published on August 2015

Abnormal behavioral and neurotrophic development in the younger sibling receiving less maternal care in a communal nursing paradigm in rats.

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Acute ethanol administration affects zebrafish preference for a biologically inspired robot

scientific article published on 29 May 2013

Animal models recapitulating the multifactorial origin of Tourette syndrome.

scientific article published on January 2013

Behavioral responses to acute and sub-chronic administration of the synthetic cannabinoid JWH-018 in adult mice prenatally exposed to corticosterone.

scientific article published on 8 January 2013

Collective behaviour across animal species.

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Critical age windows for neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorders: evidence from animal models.

scientific article published on 07 July 2010

Developmental plasticity of HPA and fear responses in rats: a critical review of the maternal mediation hypothesis.

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Dissociation in the effects of neonatal maternal separations on maternal care and the offspring's HPA and fear responses in rats

scientific article published in August 2004

Early-stress regulates resilience, vulnerability and experimental validity in laboratory rodents through mother–offspring hormonal transfer

scientific article published on 07 January 2011

Effects of enriched environment on animal models of neurodegenerative diseases and psychiatric disorders.

scientific article published on 15 May 2008

Effects of maternal L-tryptophan depletion and corticosterone administration on neurobehavioral adjustments in mouse dams and their adolescent and adult daughters

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Effects of neonatal corticosterone and environmental enrichment on retinal ERK1/2 and CREB phosphorylation in adult mice

scientific article published on 19 August 2014

Emotional, endocrine and brain anandamide response to social challenge in infant male rats

scientific article published on 6 May 2013

Enhanced brain activity associated with memory access in highly superior autobiographical memory

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Genomic and physiological resilience in extreme environments are associated with a secure attachment style

scientific article published on 09 June 2020

Insulin receptor β-subunit haploinsufficiency impairs hippocampal late-phase LTP and recognition memory.

scientific article published on 3 June 2012

Interaction between the endocannabinoid and serotonergic system in the exhibition of head twitch response in four mouse strains

scientific article published on 17 December 2014

Live predators, robots, and computer-animated images elicit differential avoidance responses in zebrafish

scientific article published on 3 March 2015

Maternal separation and maternal care act independently on the development of HPA responses in male rats

scientific article published in April 2008

Mice repeatedly exposed to Group-A β-Haemolytic Streptococcus show perseverative behaviors, impaired sensorimotor gating, and immune activation in rostral diencephalon

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Moderate neonatal stress decreases within-group variation in behavioral, immune and HPA responses in adult mice

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Neonatal corticosterone mitigates autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus in mice

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Neonatal tryptophan depletion and corticosterone supplementation modify emotional responses in adult male mice

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Neurobehavioural disorders in the infant reeler mouse model: interaction of genetic vulnerability and consequences of maternal separation

scientific article published on 4 December 2006

Peculiar vulnerability to nicotine oral self-administration in mice during early adolescence

scientific article published in August 2002

Perseverative responding and neuroanatomical alterations in adult heterozygous reeler mice are mitigated by neonatal estrogen administration.

scientific article published on 7 May 2010

Prenatal corticosterone and adolescent URB597 administration modulate emotionality and CB1 receptor expression in mice

scientific article published on 6 December 2013

Prenatal stress and peripubertal stimulation of the endocannabinoid system differentially regulate emotional responses and brain metabolism in mice

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Recovering from depression with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): a systematic review and meta-analysis of preclinical studies

scientific article published on 10 November 2020

Resilience and adaptive aspects of stress in neurobehavioral development.

scientific article published on 17 September 2010

Resilience and vulnerability are dose-dependently related to neonatal stressors in mice.

scientific article published on 24 July 2009

Risk-taking behavior in adolescent mice: psychobiological determinants and early epigenetic influence.

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Single episode of maternal deprivation and adult depressive profile in mice: interaction with cannabinoid exposure during adolescence

scientific article published on 01 September 2004

Sociality modulates the effects of ethanol in zebra fish

scientific article published on 12 May 2014

The Directive 2010/63/EU on animal experimentation may skew the conclusions of pharmacological and behavioural studies.

scientific article published on January 2013

Theoretical and practical considerations behind the use of laboratory animals for the study of Tourette syndrome

scientific article published on 09 April 2013

Zebrafish exhibit associative learning for an aversive robotic stimulus

scientific article published on 10 August 2020

Zebrafish responds differentially to a robotic fish of varying aspect ratio, tail beat frequency, noise, and color

scientific article published on 4 June 2012

Zebrafish response to 3D printed shoals of conspecifics: the effect of body size.

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Zebrafish response to robotic fish: preference experiments on isolated individuals and small shoals.

scientific article published on 8 June 2012