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GRUPPO ITALIANO DI SCIENZE NEUROENDOCRINE

Nome del laboratorio:
Laboratorio di Neuroscienze dello Sviluppo. Facoltà Medicina e Chirurgia.
Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma

Responsabile:
Flavio Keller,        f.keller@unicampus.it

Componenti:
Filippo Biamonte,    f.biamonte@unicampus.it
Ramona Marino,    r.marino@unicampus.it
Flavia Salvadori (amministrativa),        f.salvadori@unicampus.it

Linee di Ricerca: 
-    Reelin e neurosviluppo.

Modelli sperimentali utilizzati:
-    Reeler mouse, L7 GFP/reeler.

Metodologie utilizzate:
-    Stereologia, IHC, IF,  WB,  PCR, Fenomica: analisi UVs, Tissue culture

Pubblicazioni (2004-2008):
  • Persico AM, D’Agruma L, Zelante L, Militerni L, Bravaccio C,  Schneider C,  Melmed C, Trillo S, Montecchi F,  Elia M, Palermo M,  Rabinowitz D, Pascucci T,  Puglisi_Allegra S, Reichelt L, Muscarella L, Guarnieri V, Melgari JM , Conciatori M and Keller F (2004) Enhanced APOE2 transmission rates in families with autistic probands. Psych Genet. 14, 73_82.
  • Laviola G, Adriani W, Gaudino C, Marino R, Keller F (2006) Paradoxical effects of prenatal acetylcholinesterase blockade on neuro_behavioral development and drug_induced stereotypies in reeler mutant mice. Psychopharmacology 187, 331_44.
  • Marrone MC, Marinelli S, Biamonte F, Keller F, Sgobio C, Amassari-Teule M, Bernardi G, Mercuri NB (2006) Altered cortico-striatal plasticity and related behavioural parameters in reeler mice. European Journal of Neuroscience 24, 2061-2070.
  • Panteri R, Mey J, Zhelyaznik N, D'Altocolle A, Del Fa A, Gangitano C, Marino R, Lorenzetto E, Buffelli M, Keller F (2006) Reelin is transiently expressed in the peripheral nerve during early development and is upregulated following nerve crush. Mol. Cell. Neuroscience 32,133_42.
  • Panteri R, Paiardini A, Keller F (2006) A 3D_model of Reelin subrepeat regions predicts Reelin binding to carbohydrates. Brain Research 1116, 222_30.
  • Lorenzetto E, Panteri R, Marimo R, Keller F, Buffelli M (2008) Impaired nerve regeneration in reeler mice after peripheral nerve injury. Eur J Neurosci 27(1):12-9.
  • Luccarini Ilaria, Ballerini Clara, Biagioli Tiziana, Biamonte Filippo, Bellucci Arianna,  Casamenti Fiorella. Atorvastatin and minocycline, effective combination in experimental autoimmune encephalomylities (2008) Experimental Neurology. Doi:10.1016
  • Biamonte F, Assenza G, Panteri R, Marino R, Caruso D, Scurati S,  Garcìa Yague J, Garcìa-Segura LM, Cesa R,  Strata P, Melcangi RC, Keller F.  Effects of neuroactive steroids and Reelin gene dosage on Purkinje cell survival during development. Submitted The Journal of Neuroscience 28-01-2008


Book chapters:
Keller F, Panteri R, Biamonte F. Interaction between Genetic Vulnerability and Neurosteroids in Purkinje cells as a Possible Neurobiological Mechanism in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A.P. Zimmerman (Ed.) Autism: Current Theories and Evidence. Humana Press. (2008) In press