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Giovanni Marsicano

Giovanni Marsicano

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Neuroscience

D-Index
94
Citations
33116
World Ranking
942
National Ranking
26

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Giovanni Marsicano is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and is an active researcher focused on neuroscience and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Physiology, and Molecular Biology.

Their research topics cover a broad range of areas such as Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Pancreatic Function and Diabetes, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, and Diet and Metabolism Studies.

Giovanni Marsicano has published studies in various scientific venues, with frequent publications in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Cell Reports, IBRO Neuroscience Reports, and Nature Neuroscience.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Marsicano include:

  • Dopamine-Evoked Synaptic Regulation in the Nucleus Accumbens Requires Astrocyte Activity (2020, Neuron)
  • Glucose metabolism links astroglial mitochondria to cannabinoid effects (2020, Nature)
  • Structural basis of astrocytic Ca2+ signals at tripartite synapses (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Hypothalamic bile acid-TGR5 signaling protects from obesity (2021, Cell Metabolism)
  • Endocannabinoid signaling in astrocytes (2022, Glia)

Frequent co-authors in their research include Luigi Bellocchio, Astrid Cannich, Francisca Julio-Kalajzić, Arnau Busquets-García, and Marjorie Varilh. Collaboration with these researchers has been recurrent across multiple projects.

Giovanni Marsicano has been recognized as a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), evidencing a level of professional acknowledgment within the molecular biology community.

Best Publications

  • The endogenous cannabinoid system controls extinction of aversive memories

    Giovanni Marsicano;Carsten T. Wotjak;Shahnaz C. Azad;Shahnaz C. Azad;Tiziana Bisogno

  • The endogenous cannabinoid system affects energy balance via central orexigenic drive and peripheral lipogenesis

    Daniela Cota;Giovanni Marsicano;Matthias Tschöp;Yvonne Grübler

  • CB1 cannabinoid receptors and on-demand defense against excitotoxicity.

    Giovanni Marsicano;Sharon Goodenough;Sharon Goodenough;Krisztina Monory;Heike Hermann

  • The emerging role of the endocannabinoid system in endocrine regulation and energy balance.

    Uberto Pagotto;Giovanni Marsicano;Daniela Cota;Beat Lutz

  • Expression of the cannabinoid receptor CB1 in distinct neuronal subpopulations in the adult mouse forebrain

    Giovanni Marsicano;Beat Lutz

  • The endocannabinoid system controls key epileptogenic circuits in the hippocampus.

    Krisztina Monory;Federico Massa;Federico Massa;Michaela Egertová;Matthias Eder

  • Cannabinoids mediate analgesia largely via peripheral type 1 cannabinoid receptors in nociceptors

    Nitin Agarwal;Pal Pacher;Irmgard Tegeder;Fumimasa Amaya

  • Hardwiring the brain: endocannabinoids shape neuronal connectivity.

    Paul Berghuis;Ann M. Rajnicek;Yury M. Morozov;Ruth A. Ross

  • Mitochondrial CB1 receptors regulate neuronal energy metabolism

    Giovanni Bénard;Federico Massa;Federico Massa;Nagore Puente;Joana Lourenço

  • Acute Cannabinoids Impair Working Memory through Astroglial CB1 Receptor Modulation of Hippocampal LTD

    Jing Han;Philip Kesner;Mathilde Metna-Laurent;Mathilde Metna-Laurent;Tingting Duan;Tingting Duan

  • The endogenous cannabinoid system protects against colonic inflammation.

    Federico Massa;Giovanni Marsicano;Heike Hermann;Astrid Cannich

  • The endocannabinoid system in guarding against fear, anxiety and stress

    Beat Lutz;Giovanni Marsicano;Rafael Maldonado;Cecilia J. Hillard

  • Hepatic CB1 receptor is required for development of diet-induced steatosis, dyslipidemia, and insulin and leptin resistance in mice.

    Douglas Osei-Hyiaman;Jie Liu;Liang Zhou;Grzegorz Godlewski

  • Cannabinoid modulation of hippocampal long-term memory is mediated by mTOR signaling

    Emma Puighermanal;Giovanni Marsicano;Arnau Busquets-Garcia;Beat Lutz

  • A cannabinoid link between mitochondria and memory

    Etienne Hebert-Chatelain;Etienne Hebert-Chatelain;Etienne Hebert-Chatelain;Tifany Desprez;Tifany Desprez;Román Serrat;Román Serrat;Luigi Bellocchio;Luigi Bellocchio;Luigi Bellocchio

  • Direct suppression of CNS autoimmune inflammation via the cannabinoid receptor CB1 on neurons and CB2 on autoreactive T cells.

    Katarzyna Maresz;Gareth Pryce;Gareth Pryce;Eugene D Ponomarev;Giovanni Marsicano

  • Endogenous cannabinoid system as a modulator of food intake

    D Cota;G Marsicano;B Lutz;V Vicennati

  • The endocannabinoid system drives neural progenitor proliferation

    Tania Aguado;Krisztina Monory;Javier Palazuelos;Nephi Stella

  • Neuroprotective properties of cannabinoids against oxidative stress: role of the cannabinoid receptor CB1.

    Giovanni Marsicano;Bernd Moosmann;Heike Hermann;Beat Lutz

  • Endocannabinoid signaling controls pyramidal cell specification and long-range axon patterning.

    Jan Mulder;Tania Aguado;Erik Keimpema;Klaudia Barabás

  • Paracrine Activation of Hepatic CB1 Receptors by Stellate Cell-Derived Endocannabinoids Mediates Alcoholic Fatty Liver

    Won il Jeong;Douglas Osei-Hyiaman;Ogyi Park;Jie Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Beat Lutz
Beat Lutz Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Pedro Grandes
Pedro Grandes University of the Basque Country
Carsten T. Wotjak
Carsten T. Wotjak Max Planck Society
François Georges
François Georges University of Bordeaux
Guillaume Ferreira
Guillaume Ferreira University of Bordeaux
Walter Zieglgänsberger
Walter Zieglgänsberger Max Planck Society
U. Valentin Nägerl
U. Valentin Nägerl University of Bordeaux
Ken Mackie
Ken Mackie Indiana University
Gerhard Rammes
Gerhard Rammes Technical University of Munich

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