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Emilio Russo is affiliated with Magna Graecia University in Italy. Their scholarly work primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a substantial focus on subfields such as Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Physiology.

The researcher has contributed extensively to topics including Epilepsy Research and Treatment, Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Gut Microbiota and Health, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, and Pharmaceutical Studies and Practices.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Pharmacology of Cenobamate: Mechanism of Action, Pharmacokinetics, Drug-Drug Interactions and Tolerability (2021) published in CNS Drugs
  • Third-Generation Antiseizure Medications for Adjunctive Treatment of Focal-Onset Seizures in Adults: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis (2022) published in Drugs
  • Direct Oral Anticoagulants: From Randomized Clinical Trials to Real-World Clinical Practice (2021) published in Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • First evidence of altered microbiota and intestinal damage and their link to absence epilepsy in a genetic animal model, the WAG/Rij rat (2021) published in Epilepsia
  • Epidemiology and Outcomes of Status Epilepticus (2021) published in International Journal of General Medicine

Emilio Russo frequently collaborates with the following co-authors:

  • Giovambattista De Sarro
  • Roberta Roberti
  • Rita Citraro
  • Carmen De
  • Pasquale Striano

There is a consistent record of publishing in several journals, reflecting their research distribution and interest areas. Key publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Epilepsia
  • Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Nonpsychotropic plant cannabinoids, cannabidivarin (CBDV) and cannabidiol (CBD), activate and desensitize transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) channels in vitro: potential for the treatment of neuronal hyperexcitability.

    Fabio Arturo Iannotti;Charlotte L Hill;Antonio Leo;Ahlam Alhusaini

  • Epilepsy in cerebrovascular diseases: Review of experimental and clinical data with meta-analysis of risk factors

    Edoardo Ferlazzo;Edoardo Ferlazzo;Sara Gasparini;Ettore Beghi;Chiara Sueri

  • mTOR pathway inhibition as a new therapeutic strategy in epilepsy and epileptogenesis

    Rita Citraro;Antonio Leo;Andrew Constanti;Emilio Russo

  • Microbiota-gut brain axis involvement in neuropsychiatric disorders

    Luigi Francesco Iannone;Alberto Preda;Hervé M. Blottière;Gerard Clarke

  • Third-Generation Antiseizure Medications for Adjunctive Treatment of Focal-Onset Seizures in Adults: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis

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  • mTOR inhibition modulates epileptogenesis, seizures and depressive behavior in a genetic rat model of absence epilepsy

    Emilio Russo;Rita Citraro;Giuseppe Donato;Caterina Camastra

  • Pharmacology of Cenobamate: Mechanism of Action, Pharmacokinetics, Drug-Drug Interactions and Tolerability.

    Roberta Roberti;Carmen De Caro;Luigi Francesco Iannone;Gaetano Zaccara

  • Antiepileptic action of N-palmitoylethanolamine through CB1 and PPAR-α receptor activation in a genetic model of absence epilepsy.

    Rita Citraro;Emilio Russo;Francesca Scicchitano;Clementina M. van Rijn

  • Early molecular and behavioral response to lipopolysaccharide in the WAG/Rij rat model of absence epilepsy and depressive-like behavior, involves interplay between AMPK, AKT/mTOR pathways and neuroinflammatory cytokine release

    Emilio Russo;Francesco Andreozzi;Rodolfo Iuliano;Vincenzo Dattilo

  • Rare and very rare adverse effects of clozapine.

    Pasquale De Fazio;Raffaele Gaetano;Mariarita Caroleo;Gregorio Cerminara

  • The mTOR Signaling Pathway in the Brain: Focus on Epilepsy and Epileptogenesis

    Emilio Russo;Rita Citraro;Andrew Constanti;Giovambattista De Sarro

  • Discovery of a novel and highly potent noncompetitive AMPA receptor antagonist.

    Rosaria Gitto;Maria Letizia Barreca;Laura De Luca;Giovambattista De Sarro

  • Liraglutide prevents cognitive decline in a rat model of streptozotocin-induced diabetes independently from its peripheral metabolic effects

    Caterina Palleria;Antonio Leo;Francesco Andreozzi;Rita Citraro

  • Can we ‘seize’ the gut microbiota to treat epilepsy?

    Carmen De Caro;Luigi Francesco Iannone;Rita Citraro;Pasquale Striano

  • Nifedipine affects the anticonvulsant activity of topiramate in various animal models of epilepsy.

    Emilio Russo;Andrew Constanti;Guido Ferreri;Rita Citraro

  • Comparison of the antiepileptogenic effects of an early long-term treatment with ethosuximide or levetiracetam in a genetic animal model of absence epilepsy.

    Emilio Russo;Rita Citraro;Francesca Scicchitano;Salvatore De Fazio

  • Ameliorating effects of aripiprazole on cognitive functions and depressive-like behavior in a genetic rat model of absence epilepsy and mild-depression comorbidity

    Emilio Russo;Rita Citraro;Alessandro Davoli;Luca Gallelli

  • Effects of early long‐term treatment with antiepileptic drugs on development of seizures and depressive‐like behavior in a rat genetic absence epilepsy model

    Emilio Russo;Rita Citraro;Francesca Scicchitano;Salvatore De Fazio

  • Cannabidiol and epilepsy: Rationale and therapeutic potential.

    Antonio Leo;Emilio Russo;Maurizio Elia

  • Upholding WAG/Rij rats as a model of absence epileptogenesis: Hidden mechanisms and a new theory on seizure development.

    Emilio Russo;Rita Citraro;Andrew Constanti;Antonio Leo

  • AMPA receptor antagonists as potential anticonvulsant drugs.

    Giovambattista De Sarro;Rosaria Gitto;Emilio Russo;Guido Ferreri Ibbadu

  • Seizure susceptibility to various convulsant stimuli of knockout interleukin-6 mice

    Giovambattista De Sarro;Emilio Russo;Guido Ferreri;Bruzzese Giuseppe

  • Abatacept improves whole-body insulin sensitivity in rheumatoid arthritis: an observational study.

    Francesco Ursini;Emilio Russo;Marta Letizia Hribal;Daniele Mauro

Frequent Co-Authors

Rita Citraro
Rita Citraro Magna Graecia University
Angelo Labate
Angelo Labate Magna Graecia University
Edoardo Ferlazzo
Edoardo Ferlazzo Magna Graecia University
Antonio Gambardella
Antonio Gambardella Magna Graecia University
Pasquale Striano
Pasquale Striano University of Genoa
Umberto Aguglia
Umberto Aguglia Magna Graecia University
Carlo Di Bonaventura
Carlo Di Bonaventura Sapienza University of Rome
Gaetano Zaccara
Gaetano Zaccara Santa Maria Nuova Hospital
Francesco Brigo
Francesco Brigo University of Verona
Natale Belluardo
Natale Belluardo University of Palermo

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