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Claudio Grassi is affiliated with the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, and Medicine, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, Neurology, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, including Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, hearing, cochlea, tinnitus, and genetics, extracellular vesicles in disease, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, and cancer-related molecular mechanisms research.

Frequent publication venues for Claudio Grassi include Scientific Reports, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of the Neurological Sciences, Alzheimer's & Dementia, and Antioxidants. They have contributed multiple publications in these venues, reflecting sustained engagement in these areas.

Claudio Grassi has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, notably Cristian Ripoli, Fabiola Paciello, Salvatore Fusco, Domenica Donatella Li Puma, and Marco Rinaudo, indicating a collaborative approach in their research endeavors.

Representative recent papers authored and coauthored by Claudio Grassi are:

  • "Herpes Simplex Virus-1 in the Brain: The Dark Side of a Sneaky Infection," 2020, Trends in Microbiology
  • "The dual role of curcumin and ferulic acid in counteracting chemoresistance and cisplatin-induced ototoxicity," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of caffeic acid: in vivo evidences in a model of noise-induced hearing loss," 2020, Food and Chemical Toxicology
  • "Role of HSV-1 in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis: A challenge for novel preventive/therapeutic strategies," 2022, Current Opinion in Pharmacology
  • "Tau is not necessary for amyloid-β-induced synaptic and memory impairments," 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation

Best Publications

  • Microbes and Alzheimer's disease

    Ruth F. Itzhaki;Ruth F. Itzhaki;Richard Lathe;Brian J. Balin;Melvyn J. Ball

  • 50-Hz extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields enhance cell proliferation and DNA damage: possible involvement of a redox mechanism.

    Federica I. Wolf;Angela Torsello;Beatrice Tedesco;Silvia Fasanella

  • EXTREMELY LOW-FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS PROMOTE IN VITRO NEUROGENESIS VIA UPREGULATION OF CA(V)1-CHANNEL ACTIVITY

    Roberto Piacentini;Cristian Ripoli;Daniele Mezzogori;Gian Battista Azzena

  • Effects of 50 Hz electromagnetic fields on voltage-gated Ca2+ channels and their role in modulation of neuroendocrine cell proliferation and death.

    Claudio Grassi;Marcello D’Ascenzo;Angela Torsello;Giovanni Martinotti

  • Extracellular Tau Oligomers Produce An Immediate Impairment of LTP and Memory.

    M. Fá;D. Puzzo;D. Puzzo;R. Piacentini;Agnieszka Staniszewski

  • Herpes Simplex Virus-1 in the Brain: The Dark Side of a Sneaky Infection

    Maria Elena Marcocci;Giorgia Napoletani;Virginia Protto;Olga Kolesova

  • Infectious Agents and Neurodegeneration

    Giovanna De Chiara;Maria Elena Marcocci;Rossella Sgarbanti;Livia Civitelli

  • Role of Amyloid-β and Tau Proteins in Alzheimer’s Disease: Confuting the Amyloid Cascade

    Walter Gulisano;Daniele Maugeri;Marian A Baltrons;Marian A Baltrons;Mauro Fà

  • Recurrent herpes simplex virus-1 infection induces hallmarks of neurodegeneration and cognitive deficits in mice.

    Giovanna De Chiara;Roberto Piacentini;Marco Fabiani;Alessia Mastrodonato

  • Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation boosts synaptic plasticity and memory in mice via epigenetic regulation of Bdnf expression

    Maria Vittoria Podda;Sara Cocco;Alessia Mastrodonato;Salvatore Fusco

  • Modulation of LTP at rat hippocampal CA3-CA1 synapses by direct current stimulation

    F. Ranieri;M. V. Podda;E. Riccardi;G. Frisullo

  • Brain Insulin Resistance and Hippocampal Plasticity: Mechanisms and Biomarkers of Cognitive Decline

    Matteo Spinelli;Salvatore Fusco;Claudio Grassi

  • LTP and memory impairment caused by extracellular Aβ and Tau oligomers is APP-dependent.

    Daniela Puzzo;Roberto Piacentini;Mauro Fá;Walter Gulisano

  • Brain insulin resistance impairs hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory by increasing GluA1 palmitoylation through FoxO3a.

    Matteo Spinelli;Salvatore Fusco;Marco Mainardi;Federico Scala

  • Role of L-type Ca2+ channels in neural stem/progenitor cell differentiation.

    Marcello D'Ascenzo;Roberto Piacentini;Patrizia Casalbore;Manuela Budoni

  • Exposure to extremely low-frequency (50 Hz) electromagnetic fields enhances adult hippocampal neurogenesis in C57BL/6 mice

    Bruna Cuccurazzu;Lucia Leone;Maria Vittoria Podda;Roberto Piacentini

  • A role for neuronal cAMP responsive-element binding (CREB)-1 in brain responses to calorie restriction

    Salvatore Fusco;Cristian Ripoli;Maria Vittoria Podda;Sofia Chiatamone Ranieri

  • APP Processing Induced by Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) Yields Several APP Fragments in Human and Rat Neuronal Cells

    Giovanna De Chiara;Maria Elena Marcocci;Livia Civitelli;Rafaela Argnani

  • HSV-1 and Alzheimer's disease: More than a hypothesis

    Roberto Piacentini;Giovanna De Chiara;Domenica Donatella Li Puma;Cristian Ripoli

  • HSV-1 promotes Ca2+ -mediated APP phosphorylation and Aβ accumulation in rat cortical neurons.

    Roberto Piacentini;Livia Civitelli;Cristian Ripoli;Maria Elena Marcocci

  • Alzheimer's amyloid β-peptide (1-42) induces cell death in human neuroblastoma via bax/bcl-2 ratio increase: An intriguing role for methionine 35

    M.E. Clementi;M. Pezzotti;F. Orsini;B. Sampaolese

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna Teresa Palamara
Anna Teresa Palamara Sapienza University of Rome
Daniela Puzzo
Daniela Puzzo University of Catania
Ottavio Arancio
Ottavio Arancio Columbia University
Fiorenzo Conti
Fiorenzo Conti Marche Polytechnic University
Thomas A. Green
Thomas A. Green The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Marcello Melone
Marcello Melone Marche Polytechnic University
Federico Ranieri
Federico Ranieri University of Verona
Kelly Del Tredici
Kelly Del Tredici University of Ulm
Chris M. Preston
Chris M. Preston University of Glasgow
Giovanni Martinotti
Giovanni Martinotti University of Chieti-Pescara

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