Neurophysiology
Staff
- Montarolo Pier Giorgio (Coordinator)
- Ghirardi Mirella (Member)
Contacts
Activity
-Study of the modulation of synaptic transmission induced by activity
-Synapsins role in synaptogenesis and plasticity
-Development of in vitro neural circuits
-Pre-synaptic proteins role in epileptiform activity in vitro
Group’s ECR Sectors:
LS5_2 - Molecular and cellular neuroscience
Publications
Folino A, Montarolo PG, Samaja M, Rastaldo R. (2015) Effects of apelin on the cardiovascular system. Heart failure reviews [DOI PMID]
Pelassa I, Cora D, Cesano F, Monje FJ, Montarolo PG, Fiumara F. (2014) Association of polyalanine and polyglutamine coiled coils mediates expansion disease-related protein aggregation and dysfunction. Human molecular genetics 23(13) 3402-20 [DOI PMID]
Giachello CN, Premoselli F, Montarolo PG, Ghirardi M. (2013) Pentylenetetrazol-induced epileptiform activity affects basal synaptic transmission and short-term plasticity in monosynaptic connections. PloS one 8(2) e56968 [DOI PMID]
Giachello CN, Montarolo PG, Ghirardi M. (2012) Synaptic functions of invertebrate varicosities: what molecular mechanisms lie beneath. Neural plasticity 2012 670821 [DOI PMID]
Giachello CN, Fiumara F, Giacomini C, Corradi A, Milanese C, Ghirardi M, Benfenati F, Montarolo PG. (2010) MAPK/Erk-dependent phosphorylation of synapsin mediates formation of functional synapses and short-term homosynaptic plasticity. Journal of cell science 123(Pt 6) 881-93 [DOI PMID]