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Overview

Alessandro Sale is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy and specializes primarily in neuroscience. Their research spans molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and cognitive neuroscience, with additional work in psychiatry, mental health, and behavioral neuroscience.

Their main research topics include:

  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Technology Use by Older Adults
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Sale has contributed to various publication venues with multiple papers in journals such as Scientific Reports, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, Dutse Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, and International Journal of Human-Computer Studies.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Sale include:

  • Long-term beneficial impact of the randomised trial 'Train the Brain', a motor/cognitive intervention in mild cognitive impairment people: effects at the 14-month follow-up, 2023, Age and Ageing
  • The impact of serious games with humanoid robots on mild cognitive impairment older adults, 2020, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
  • Reduced ccl11/eotaxin mediates the beneficial effects of environmental stimulation on the aged hippocampus, 2021, Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Running towards amblyopia recovery, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Visual Cortex Engagement in Retinitis Pigmentosa, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent co-authors in Sale's research include Nicoletta Berardi, Gabriele Sansevero, Alan Consorti, Chiara Braschi, and Lamberto Maffei. Collaborations with these colleagues reflect ongoing partnerships contributing to the fields of neuroscience and cognitive research.

Best Publications

  • The antidepressant fluoxetine restores plasticity in the adult visual cortex.

    José Fernando Maya Vetencourt;Alessandro Sale;Alessandro Viegi;Laura Baroncelli

  • Environmental enrichment strengthens corticocortical interactions and reduces amyloid-β oligomers in aged mice

    Marco Mainardi;Angelo Di Garbo;Matteo Caleo;Nicoletta Berardi

  • Environmental enrichment in adulthood promotes amblyopia recovery through a reduction of intracortical inhibition.

    Alessandro Sale;José Fernando Maya Vetencourt;Paolo Medini;Maria Cristina Cenni

  • Enrich the environment to empower the brain

    Alessandro Sale;Nicoletta Berardi;Lamberto Maffei

  • Environment and Brain Plasticity: Towards an Endogenous Pharmacotherapy

    Alessandro Sale;Nicoletta Berardi;Lamberto Maffei

  • Nurturing brain plasticity: impact of environmental enrichment.

    L Baroncelli;C Braschi;M Spolidoro;T Begenisic

  • Acceleration of Visual System Development by Environmental Enrichment

    Laura Cancedda;Elena Putignano;Alessandro Sale;Alessandro Viegi

  • Massage Accelerates Brain Development and the Maturation of Visual Function

    Andrea Guzzetta;Sara Baldini;Ada Bancale;Laura Baroncelli

  • Enriched environment and acceleration of visual system development.

    Alessandro Sale;Elena Putignano;Laura Cancedda;Silvia Landi

  • Experience-dependent reactivation of ocular dominance plasticity in the adult visual cortex.

    Laura Baroncelli;Alessandro Sale;Alessandro Viegi;José Fernando Maya Vetencourt

  • Brain plasticity and disease: a matter of inhibition.

    Laura Baroncelli;M. Chiara Braschi;Maria Spolidoro;Tatjana Begenisic

  • Randomized trial on the effects of a combined physical/cognitive training in aged MCI subjects: the Train the Brain study

    L. Maffei;E. Picano;M. G. Andreassi;A. Angelucci

  • GABAergic inhibition in visual cortical plasticity.

    Alessandro Sale;Nicoletta Berardi;Maria Spolidoro;Laura Baroncelli

  • Enriched experience and recovery from amblyopia in adult rats: impact of motor, social and sensory components.

    Laura Baroncelli;Joyce Bonaccorsi;Marco Milanese;Tiziana Bonifacino

  • Plasticity in the adult brain: lessons from the visual system.

    Maria Spolidoro;Alessandro Sale;Nicoletta Berardi;Lamberto Maffei

  • A cycling lane for brain rewiring.

    Claudia Lunghi;Claudia Lunghi;Alessandro Sale

  • Retinal functional development is sensitive to environmental enrichment: a role for BDNF

    S. Landi;A. Sale;N. Berardi;A. Viegi

  • Visual perceptual learning induces long-term potentiation in the visual cortex.

    A. Sale;R. De Pasquale;J. Bonaccorsi;G. Pietra

  • New Perspectives in Amblyopia Therapy on Adults: A Critical Role for the Excitatory/Inhibitory Balance

    Laura Baroncelli;Lamberto Maffei;Alessandro Sale

  • A new counterintuitive training for adult amblyopia.

    Claudia Lunghi;Claudia Lunghi;Angela T. Sframeli;Antonio Lepri;Martina Lepri

  • Environmental enrichment decreases GABAergic inhibition and improves cognitive abilities, synaptic plasticity, and visual functions in a mouse model of Down syndrome.

    Tatjana Begenisic;Maria Spolidoro;Chiara Braschi;Laura Baroncelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicoletta Berardi
Nicoletta Berardi University of Florence
Lamberto Maffei
Lamberto Maffei National Research Council (CNR)
Giambattista Bonanno
Giambattista Bonanno University of Genoa
Giovanni Cioni
Giovanni Cioni University of Pisa
Tommaso Pizzorusso
Tommaso Pizzorusso University of Florence
Maria Concetta Morrone
Maria Concetta Morrone University of Pisa
Silvestro Micera
Silvestro Micera Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Matteo Caleo
Matteo Caleo University of Padua
Laura Cancedda
Laura Cancedda Italian Institute of Technology
Francesca Cirulli
Francesca Cirulli Istituto Superiore di Sanità

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