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Overview

Ezio Giacobini is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland and conducts research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work focuses extensively on neurodegenerative diseases, with a particular emphasis on Alzheimer's disease and cholinergic systems.

Their research topics include:

  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Phosphodiesterase function and regulation
  • Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Giacobini has published in journals such as Brain, Neuropharmacology, and Alzheimer's Research & Therapy. Some of the recent papers include:

  • Reimagining cholinergic therapy for Alzheimer's disease, 2022, Brain
  • Future avenues for Alzheimer's disease detection and therapy: liquid biopsy, intracellular signaling modulation, systems pharmacology drug discovery, 2020, Neuropharmacology
  • β-Secretase1 biological markers for Alzheimer's disease: state-of-art of validation and qualification, 2020, Alzheimer's Research & Therapy

Frequent collaborators in Giacobini's research include A. Claudio Cuello, Harald Hampel, Andrea Vergallo, Filippo Caraci, and Simone Lista. These co-authors have contributed jointly to the exploration of neuropharmacological and molecular biology aspects of neurodegenerative disorders.

The subfields in which Giacobini's research is rooted address various biological and clinical aspects, including Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health. This multidisciplinary approach underpins their studies on receptor mechanisms and neurodegeneration.

Best Publications

  • Mild cognitive impairment--beyond controversies, towards a consensus: report of the International Working Group on Mild Cognitive Impairment.

    B. Winblad;K. Palmer;Miia Kivipelto;V. Jelic

  • The cholinergic system in the pathophysiology and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

    Harald Hampel;M.-Marsel Mesulam;A Claudio Cuello;Martin R Farlow

  • Sex differences in Alzheimer disease — the gateway to precision medicine

    Maria Teresa Ferretti;Maria Florencia Iulita;Enrica Cavedo;Patrizia Andrea Chiesa

  • Cognitive dysfunction in HIV patients despite long-standing suppression of viremia.

    Samanta Simioni;Matthias Cavassini;Jean Marie Annoni;Aline Rimbault Abraham

  • Clinical trials and late-stage drug development for Alzheimer's disease : an appraisal from 1984 to 2014

    Lon S. Schneider;Francesca Mangialasche;Francesca Mangialasche;Niels Andreasen;Niels Andreasen;Howard Feldman

  • Cholinesterase inhibitors: new roles and therapeutic alternatives

    Ezio Giacobini

  • Strategic roadmap for an early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease based on biomarkers

    Giovanni B Frisoni;Marina Boccardi;Frederik Barkhof;Kaj Blennow;Kaj Blennow

  • Alzheimer disease therapy—moving from amyloid-β to tau

    Ezio Giacobini;Gabriel Gold

  • Cholinesterases: new roles in brain function and in Alzheimer's disease.

    Ezio Giacobini

  • Cholinergic function and Alzheimer's disease.

    Ezio Giacobini

  • Revisiting the Cholinergic Hypothesis in Alzheimer's Disease: Emerging Evidence from Translational and Clinical Research

    Harald Hampel;M.-M. Mesulam;A. C. Cuello;A. S. Khachaturian

  • A cytochemical study of the localization of carbonic anhydrase in the nervous system.

    Ezio Giacobini

  • Inhibition of acetyl- and butyryl-cholinesterase in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Alzheimer's disease by rivastigmine: correlation with cognitive benefit.

    Ezio Giacobini;R Spiegel;A Enz;A E Veroff

  • Mechanisms of cholinesterase inhibition in senile dementia of the alzheimer type: Clinical, pharmacological, and therapeutic aspects

    Robert E. Becker;Ezio Giacobini

  • Invited review: Cholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease therapy: from tacrine to future applications.

    Ezio Giacobini

  • A critical analysis of new molecular targets and strategies for drug developments in Alzheimer's disease.

    Debomoy K. Lahiri;Martin R. Farlow;Kumar Sambamurti;Nigel H. Greig

  • Expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits in the cerebral cortex in Alzheimer's disease: histotopographical correlation with amyloid plaques and hyperphosphorylated-tau protein.

    A. Wevers;L. Monteggia;S. Nowacki;W. Bloch

  • Reality orientation therapy combined with cholinesterase inhibitors in Alzheimer's disease: randomised controlled trial

    Graziano Onder;Orazio Zanetti;Ezio Giacobini;Giovanni B. Frisoni

  • Effects of local and repeated systemic administration of (-)nicotine on extracellular levels of acetylcholine, norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin in rat cortex.

    K. L. Summers;E. Giacobini

  • Nicotinic cholinoceptive neurons of the frontal cortex are reduced in Alzheimer's disease.

    Hannsjo¨rg Schro¨der;Ezio Giacobini;Robert G. Struble;Karl Zilles

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodger J. Elble
Rodger J. Elble Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Peter J. Snyder
Peter J. Snyder University of Rhode Island
Jean-Marie Annoni
Jean-Marie Annoni University of Fribourg
Hannsjörg Schröder
Hannsjörg Schröder University of Cologne
Pierre J. Magistretti
Pierre J. Magistretti École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Robert G. Struble
Robert G. Struble Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
M.-Marsel Mesulam
M.-Marsel Mesulam Northwestern University
Agneta Nordberg
Agneta Nordberg Karolinska University Hospital
Miia Kivipelto
Miia Kivipelto University of Eastern Finland
Giancarlo Pepeu
Giancarlo Pepeu University of Florence

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