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Emilio Merlo Pich is affiliated with GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) and has contributed extensively to research within medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their work covers multiple intersecting fields, including molecular biology, genetics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, infectious diseases, and radiology.

Their research portfolio includes a focus on topics such as SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, pluripotent stem cells research, CAR-T cell therapy research, tryptophan and brain disorders, and treatment of major depression.

Emilio Merlo Pich has coauthored publications with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Ginetta Collo
  • Emanuele Marra
  • Laura Cavalleri
  • Olga Minenkova
  • Daniela Santapaola

Their research has been published in a range of scientific venues, with recurring appearances in:

  • Neuroscience Applied
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
  • Molecular Therapy

Among the recent papers featuring Emilio Merlo Pich are:

  • "Wearable Devices for Assessing Function in Alzheimer's Disease: A European Public Involvement Activity About the Features and Preferences of Patients and Caregivers" (2021), published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • "Inhibition of KDM1A activity restores adult neurogenesis and improves hippocampal memory in a mouse model of Kabuki syndrome" (2021), appearing in Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development
  • "The Relationship Between Endoscopic and Clinical Recurrence in Postoperative Crohn's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis" (2021), published in Journal of Crohn's and Colitis
  • "Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia and Dopaminergic Transmission: Translational Models and Perspectives Opened by iPSC Techniques" (2020), featured in Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • "Safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, bioavailability and food effect of single doses of soticlestat in healthy subjects" (2021), published in British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Best Publications

  • Acetylcholine receptors containing the β2 subunit are involved in the reinforcing properties of nicotine

    Marina R. Picciotto;Marina R. Picciotto;Michele Zoli;Roberto Rimondini;Clément Léna

  • Attenuation of the neural response to sad faces in major depression by antidepressant treatment: a prospective, event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

    Cynthia H. Y. Fu;Steven C. R. Williams;Anthony J. Cleare;Michael J. Brammer

  • Increase of extracellular corticotropin-releasing factor-like immunoreactivity levels in the amygdala of awake rats during restraint stress and ethanol withdrawal as measured by microdialysis

    EM Pich;M Lorang;M Yeganeh;F Rodriguez de Fonseca

  • Abnormal avoidance learning in mice lacking functional high-affinity nicotine receptor in the brain.

    Marina R. Picciotto;Michele Zoli;Clement Léna;Alain Bessis

  • Modulation of anxiety and neuropeptide Y-Y1 receptors by antisense oligodeoxynucleotides

    Claes Wahlestedt;Emilio Merlo Pich;George F. Koob;Frances Yee

  • Common neural substrates for the addictive properties of nicotine and cocaine.

    Emilio Merlo Pich;Sonia R. Pagliusi;Michela Tessari;Dominique Talabot-Ayer

  • Corticotropin-releasing factor antagonist reduces emotionality in socially defeated rats via direct neurotropic action.

    Stephen C. Heinrichs;Emilio Merlo Pich;Klaus A. Miczek;Karen T. Britton

  • The Role of Corticotropin‐Releasing Factor in Behavioural Responses to Stress

    George F. Koob;Stephen C. Heinrichs;Emilio Merlo Pich;Frédérique Menzaghi

  • Central administration of neuropeptide Y induces hypotension bradypnea and EEG synchronization in the rat.

    Kjell Fuxe;Luigi F. Agnati;Anders Härfstrand;Isabella Zini

  • Neural Responses to Happy Facial Expressions in Major Depression Following Antidepressant Treatment

    Cynthia H Y Fu;Steve C R Williams;Michael J Brammer;John Suckling

  • A Link between Serotonin-Related Gene Polymorphisms, Amygdala Activity, and Placebo-Induced Relief from Social Anxiety

    Tomas Furmark;Lieuwe Appel;Susanne Henningsson;Fredrik Åhs

  • Corticotropin-releasing factor in the paraventricular nucleus modulates feeding induced by neuropeptide Y

    Stephen C. Heinrichs;Frédérique Menzaghi;Emilio Merlo Pich;Richard L. Hauger

  • Cerebral Blood Flow Changes After Treatment of Social Phobia with the Neurokinin-1 Antagonist GR205171, Citalopram, or Placebo

    Tomas Furmark;Lieuwe Appel;Åsa Michelgård;Kurt Wahlstedt

  • Effects of Verbal Working Memory Load on Corticocortical Connectivity Modeled by Path Analysis of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data

    Garry Honey;Cynthia H. Y. Fu;Jieun Kim;Michael J. Brammer

  • Functional coupling of the amygdala in depressed patients treated with antidepressant medication

    Chi-Hua Chen;John Suckling;Cinly Ooi;Cynthia H Y Fu

  • The role of CRF in behavioral aspects of stress.

    Stephen C. Heinrichs;Frédérique Menzaghi;Emilio Merlo Pich;Karen T. Britton

  • Anti-Stress Action of a Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Antagonist on Behavioral Reactivity to Stressors of Varying Type and Intensity

    Stephen C Heinrichs;Frédérique Menzaghi;Emilio Merlo Pich;Helen A Baldwin

  • Postnatal maternal separation during the stress hyporesponsive period enhances the adrenocortical response to novelty in adult rats by affecting feedback regulation in the CA1 hippocampal field

    Giuseppe Biagini;Emilio Merlo Pich;Cesare Carani;Paolo Marrama

  • Disinhibitory effects of buspirone and low doses of sulpiride and haloperidol in two experimental anxiety models in rats: possible role of dopamine

    E M Pich;R Samanin

  • Corticotropin releasing factor, stress and behavior

    George F. Koob;Stephen C. Heinrichs;Frederique Menzaghi;Emilio M. Pich

  • The Role of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor in the Anxiogenic Effects of Ethanol Withdrawal

    F. Menzaghi;S. Rassnick;S. Heinrichs;H. Baldwin

Frequent Co-Authors

Luigi F. Agnati
Luigi F. Agnati University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Kjell Fuxe
Kjell Fuxe Karolinska Institute
Michele Zoli
Michele Zoli University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Stephen C. Heinrichs
Stephen C. Heinrichs Boston College
Tomas Furmark
Tomas Furmark Uppsala University
Fabio Benfenati
Fabio Benfenati Italian Institute of Technology
Isabella Zini
Isabella Zini University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Clas Linnman
Clas Linnman Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Edward T. Bullmore
Edward T. Bullmore King's College London
Cynthia H.Y. Fu
Cynthia H.Y. Fu University of East London

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