Research Projects

• The cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway. The case of the nicotinic alpha7 acetylcholine receptor and its duplicate isoform
  Roberta Benfante
• Membrane biogenesis and organelle architecture
  Nica Borgese
• Molecular and cellular pharmacology of oxytocin and vasopressin receptors
  Bice Chini
• Oxytocin and vasopressin in autism spectrum disorders
  Bice Chini
• Neuronal nicotinic receptors as targets in pathology
  Francesco Clementi
• Insertion and trafficking of membrane proteins into intracellular membranes: mechanisms of insertion into the ER membrane
  Sara Colombo
• Virotherapy by targeting citolytic viruses for the selective eradication of neural/glial cells latently infected by HIV
  Carlo De Giuli-Morghen
• Neurogenesis in the adult brain
  Suzanne Denis-Donini
• Gene expression regulation in the autonomic nervous system
  Diego Fornasari
• Optical and electron microscopy laboratory
  Maura Francolini
• Neuronal nicotinic receptors: from structure to function
  Cecilia Gotti
• Radiation signalling in the nervous system
  Karl Herzog
• Cell biology of the synapse
  Michela Matteoli
• From filopodia to synapses: the cell biology of neuronal wiring
  Elisabetta Menna
• Developmental neurobiology of the cerebellum
  Stefano Morara
• Role of the cytoskeleton and motor proteins during immune responses in autoimmune diseases
  Francesca Navone
• Function of AMPA receptors and associated proteins in synapses
  Maria Passafaro
• Identification of molecular mechanisms of X-Linked Mental Retardation associated to Oligophrenin-1 and TM4SF2
  Maria Passafaro
• Molecular mechanisms of cell polarity
  Grazia Pietrini
• Construction and validation of recombinant viral vectors for prevention and/or therapy of infectious diseases
  Antonia Radaelli
• Biodata analysis and decryption
  Marco Righi
• Mechanisms of regulated secretion
  Patrizia Rosa
• New diagnostic tools for familial hemiplegic migraine: genetic and proteomic analysis of P/Q Ca²⁺ channels
  Patrizia Rosa
• Cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity
  Carlo Sala
• Target identification and antiangiogenic therapies for brain tumors
  Carlo Sala
• Cell-to-cell signalling in brain
  Claudia Verderio
• Mechanisms of inflammation
  Pia Villa