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Enrico Cherubini is affiliated with the International School for Advanced Studies in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and molecular biology. Their research primarily focuses on cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, developmental neuroscience, and genetics, reflecting a broad engagement within these interconnected domains.

Their work has addressed key topics such as neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, neural dynamics and brain function, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors study, receptor mechanisms and signaling, ion channel regulation and function, and genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Cherubini has published in several prominent scientific venues. Notable frequent publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • eLife
  • iScience
  • Brain Sciences
  • Cells

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Marilena Griguoli
  • Yehezkel Ben-Ari
  • Domenico Pimpinella
  • Arianna Maffei
  • Francesca Malerba

Recent publications by Enrico Cherubini illustrate a focus on synaptic mechanisms, neural circuitry, and neuropharmacology. These include:

  • "Septal cholinergic input to CA2 hippocampal region controls social novelty discrimination via nicotinic receptor-mediated disinhibition," 2021, eLife
  • "The GABA Polarity Shift and Bumetanide Treatment: Making Sense Requires Unbiased and Undogmatic Analysis," 2022, Cells
  • "Impaired synaptic plasticity in an animal model of autism exhibiting early hippocampal GABAergic-BDNF/TrkB signaling alterations," 2022, iScience
  • "Immature Dentate Granule Cells Require Ntrk2/Trkb for the Formation of Functional Hippocampal Circuitry," 2020, iScience
  • "Targeting the Cation-Chloride Co-Transporter NKCC1 to Re-Establish GABAergic Inhibition and an Appropriate Excitatory/Inhibitory Balance in Selective Neuronal Circuits: A Novel Approach for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease," 2022, Brain Sciences

Best Publications

  • Giant synaptic potentials in immature rat CA3 hippocampal neurones.

    Y Ben-Ari;E Cherubini;R Corradetti;J L Gaiarsa

  • GABA: an excitatory transmitter in early postnatal life

    Enrico Cherubini;Jean L. Gaiarsa;Yehezkel Ben-Ari

  • The GABA Excitatory/Inhibitory Shift in Brain Maturation and Neurological Disorders:

    Yehezkel Ben-Ari;Ilgam Khalilov;Kristopher T Kahle;Enrico Cherubini

  • Alterations of GABAergic Signaling in Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Rocco Pizzarelli;Enrico Cherubini

  • Generating diversity at GABAergic synapses.

    Enrico Cherubini;Fiorenzo Conti

  • GABAergic signaling as therapeutic target for autism spectrum disorders

    Giada Cellot;Enrico Cherubini

  • Excitatory amino acids in synaptic excitation of rat striatal neurones in vitro.

    E Cherubini;P L Herrling;L Lanfumey;P Stanzione

  • Mu and kappa opioids inhibit transmitter release by different mechanisms.

    E Cherubini;R A North

  • Changes in voltage dependence of NMDA currents during development.

    Y. Ben-Ari;E. Cherubini;K. Krnjevic

  • BK potassium channels control transmitter release at CA3−CA3 synapses in the rat hippocampus

    Giacomo Raffaelli;Chiara Saviane;Majid H. Mohajerani;Paola Pedarzani

  • GABA mediated excitation in immature rat CA3 hippocampal neurons.

    E. Cherubini;C. Rovira;J.L. Gaiarsa;R. Corradetti

  • Silent synapses in the developing hippocampus: Lack of functional AMPA receptors or low probability of glutamate release?

    Sonia Gasparini;Chiara Saviane;Leon L. Voronin;Enrico Cherubini

  • GABA-mediated giant depolarizing potentials as coincidence detectors for enhancing synaptic efficacy in the developing hippocampus

    Alexander M. Kasyanov;Victoria F. Safiulina;Leon L. Voronin;Enrico Cherubini

  • 'Deaf, mute and whispering' silent synapses: their role in synaptic plasticity.

    Leon L. Voronin;Enrico Cherubini

  • Refuting the challenges of the developmental shift of polarity of GABA actions: GABA more exciting than ever!

    Yehezkel Ben-Ari;Melanie A. Woodin;Evelyne Sernagor;Laura Cancedda

  • Anoxia produces smaller changes in synaptic transmission, membrane potential, and input resistance in immature rat hippocampus

    E. Cherubini;Y. Ben-Ari;K. Krnjevic

  • The CA3 region of the hippocampus: how is it? what is it for? how does it do it?

    Enrico Cherubini;Richard Miles Miles

  • Strychnine-sensitive glycine responses of neonatal rat hippocampal neurones.

    S Ito;E Cherubini

  • Responses of intracellularly recorded cortical neurons to the iontophoretic application of dopamine

    G. Bernardi;E. Cherubini;M.G. Marciani;N. Mercuri

  • A Pacemaker Current in Dye-Coupled Hilar Interneurons Contributes to the Generation of Giant GABAergic Potentials in Developing Hippocampus

    Fabrizio Strata;Marco Atzori;Margherita Molnar;Gabriele Ugolini

Frequent Co-Authors

Yehezkel Ben-Ari
Yehezkel Ben-Ari Neurochlore (France)
Jean-Luc Gaiarsa
Jean-Luc Gaiarsa Grenoble Alpes University
Paolo Stanzione
Paolo Stanzione University of Rome Tor Vergata
Marco Martina
Marco Martina Northwestern University
Rashid Giniatullin
Rashid Giniatullin University of Eastern Finland
Maria Grazia Marciani
Maria Grazia Marciani University of Rome Tor Vergata
Michele Migliore
Michele Migliore National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Andrea Nistri
Andrea Nistri International School for Advanced Studies
Fiorenzo Conti
Fiorenzo Conti Marche Polytechnic University
Nicola B. Mercuri
Nicola B. Mercuri University of Rome Tor Vergata

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