List of works - Tiziana Pascucci

Reelin gene alleles and haplotypes as a factor predisposing to autistic disorder

scientific article

TLQP-21, a VGF-derived peptide, increases energy expenditure and prevents the early phase of diet-induced obesity

scientific article

The medial prefrontal cortex determines the accumbens dopamine response to stress through the opposing influences of norepinephrine and dopamine.

scientific article published on 24 February 2007

Identifying molecular substrates in a mouse model of the serotonin transporter x environment risk factor for anxiety and depression.

scientific article published on 22 October 2007

Striatal dopamine sensitization to D-amphetamine in periadolescent but not in adult rats.

scientific article

Clinical, morphological, and biochemical correlates of head circumference in autism.

scientific article published on 20 July 2007

Activation of TRPV1 in the VTA excites dopaminergic neurons and increases chemical- and noxious-induced dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens.

scientific article published in May 2005

Paraoxonase gene variants are associated with autism in North America, but not in Italy: possible regional specificity in gene-environment interactions.

scientific article

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

scientific article

Spatial deficits in a mouse model of Parkinson disease.

scientific article

Association between the HOXA1 A218G polymorphism and increased head circumference in patients with autism

scientific article (publication date: 15 February 2004)

Dramatic brain aminergic deficit in a genetic mouse model of phenylketonuria

scientific article published on 01 April 2000

Involvement of the PRKCB1 gene in autistic disorder: significant genetic association and reduced neocortical gene expression

scientific article

Deficits in brain serotonin synthesis in a genetic mouse model of phenylketonuria

scientific article

Unstable maternal environment, separation anxiety, and heightened CO2 sensitivity induced by gene-by-environment interplay

scientific article

Case-control and family-based association studies of candidate genes in autistic disorder and its endophenotypes: TPH2 and GLO1.

scientific article published on 8 March 2007

The behavioral profile of severe mental retardation in a genetic mouse model of phenylketonuria

scientific article published in May 2003

Reduced availability of brain amines during critical phases of postnatal development in a genetic mouse model of cognitive delay

scientific article

5-Hydroxytryptophan rescues serotonin response to stress in prefrontal cortex of hyperphenylalaninaemic mice

scientific article published on 10 August 2009

5-Hydroxytryptophan during critical postnatal period improves cognitive performances and promotes dendritic spine maturation in genetic mouse model of phenylketonuria.

scientific article

In vivo catecholaminergic metabolism in the medial prefrontal cortex of ENU2 mice: an investigation of the cortical dopamine deficit in phenylketonuria.

scientific article

Family-based association study of ITGB3 in autism spectrum disorder and its endophenotypes.

scientific article

Adenosine deaminase alleles and autistic disorder: Case-control and family-based association studies

scholarly article by Antonio M. Persico et al published 2000 in American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A

Chronic intracerebroventricular injection of TLQP-21 prevents high fat diet induced weight gain in fast weight-gaining mice

scientific article

Implication of the VGF-derived peptide TLQP-21 in mouse acute and chronic stress responses.

scientific article published on 24 January 2012

(-)-Norpseudoephedrine, a metabolite of cathinone with amphetamine-like stimulus properties, enhances the analgesic and rate decreasing effects of morphine, but inhibits its discriminative properties.

scientific article published in April 1998

Effect of the interaction between the serotonin transporter gene and maternal environment on developing mouse brain

scientific article published on 23 October 2010

Stress-induced activation of ventral tegmental mu-opioid receptors reduces accumbens dopamine tone by enhancing dopamine transmission in the medial pre-frontal cortex.

scientific article

Behavioral and neurochemical characterization of new mouse model of hyperphenylalaninemia

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Early-onset behavioral and neurochemical deficits in the genetic mouse model of phenylketonuria

scientific article published on 29 August 2017

Pain reactivity in children with autistic disorder

scientific article published in July 2000

Intellectual Disability and Brain Creatine Deficit: Phenotyping of the Genetic Mouse Model for GAMT Deficiency

scientific article published on 2 August 2021

Early life adversity affecting the attachment bond alters ventral tegmental area transcriptomic patterning and behavior almost exclusively in female mice

scientific article published on 04 October 2021

Engineering new metabolic pathways in isolated cells for the degradation of guanidinoacetic acid and simultaneous production of creatine

scientific article published in June 2022

GAMT Deficiency: Clinical Presentation, Treatment, Diagnosis, Animal Models, Preclinical and Clinical Developments

scientific article published on 21 November 2025

P-cresol Alters Brain Dopamine Metabolism and Exacerbates Autism-Like Behaviors in the BTBR Mouse

scientific article published on 13 April 2020

List of works by Tiziana Pascucci

Reelin gene alleles and haplotypes as a factor predisposing to autistic disorder

TLQP-21, a VGF-derived peptide, increases energy expenditure and prevents the early phase of diet-induced obesity

The medial prefrontal cortex determines the accumbens dopamine response to stress through the opposing influences of norepinephrine and dopamine.

Identifying molecular substrates in a mouse model of the serotonin transporter x environment risk factor for anxiety and depression.

Striatal dopamine sensitization to D-amphetamine in periadolescent but not in adult rats.

Clinical, morphological, and biochemical correlates of head circumference in autism.

Activation of TRPV1 in the VTA excites dopaminergic neurons and increases chemical- and noxious-induced dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens.

Paraoxonase gene variants are associated with autism in North America, but not in Italy: possible regional specificity in gene-environment interactions.

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

Spatial deficits in a mouse model of Parkinson disease.

Association between the HOXA1 A218G polymorphism and increased head circumference in patients with autism

Dramatic brain aminergic deficit in a genetic mouse model of phenylketonuria

Involvement of the PRKCB1 gene in autistic disorder: significant genetic association and reduced neocortical gene expression

Deficits in brain serotonin synthesis in a genetic mouse model of phenylketonuria

Unstable maternal environment, separation anxiety, and heightened CO2 sensitivity induced by gene-by-environment interplay

Case-control and family-based association studies of candidate genes in autistic disorder and its endophenotypes: TPH2 and GLO1.

The behavioral profile of severe mental retardation in a genetic mouse model of phenylketonuria

Reduced availability of brain amines during critical phases of postnatal development in a genetic mouse model of cognitive delay

5-Hydroxytryptophan rescues serotonin response to stress in prefrontal cortex of hyperphenylalaninaemic mice

5-Hydroxytryptophan during critical postnatal period improves cognitive performances and promotes dendritic spine maturation in genetic mouse model of phenylketonuria.

In vivo catecholaminergic metabolism in the medial prefrontal cortex of ENU2 mice: an investigation of the cortical dopamine deficit in phenylketonuria.

Family-based association study of ITGB3 in autism spectrum disorder and its endophenotypes.

Adenosine deaminase alleles and autistic disorder: Case-control and family-based association studies

Chronic intracerebroventricular injection of TLQP-21 prevents high fat diet induced weight gain in fast weight-gaining mice

Implication of the VGF-derived peptide TLQP-21 in mouse acute and chronic stress responses.

(-)-Norpseudoephedrine, a metabolite of cathinone with amphetamine-like stimulus properties, enhances the analgesic and rate decreasing effects of morphine, but inhibits its discriminative properties.

Effect of the interaction between the serotonin transporter gene and maternal environment on developing mouse brain

Stress-induced activation of ventral tegmental mu-opioid receptors reduces accumbens dopamine tone by enhancing dopamine transmission in the medial pre-frontal cortex.

Behavioral and neurochemical characterization of new mouse model of hyperphenylalaninemia

Early-onset behavioral and neurochemical deficits in the genetic mouse model of phenylketonuria

Pain reactivity in children with autistic disorder

Intellectual Disability and Brain Creatine Deficit: Phenotyping of the Genetic Mouse Model for GAMT Deficiency

Early life adversity affecting the attachment bond alters ventral tegmental area transcriptomic patterning and behavior almost exclusively in female mice

Engineering new metabolic pathways in isolated cells for the degradation of guanidinoacetic acid and simultaneous production of creatine

GAMT Deficiency: Clinical Presentation, Treatment, Diagnosis, Animal Models, Preclinical and Clinical Developments

P-cresol Alters Brain Dopamine Metabolism and Exacerbates Autism-Like Behaviors in the BTBR Mouse