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Lamberto Maffei is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on areas within neuroscience and medicine, with particular attention to neurology, molecular biology, psychiatry and mental health, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and physiology.

The scientist's work covers important topics including:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Nerve Injury and Regeneration
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Immune Cells in Cancer
  • Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery

Lamberto Maffei has contributed to the field with publications in several peer-reviewed venues. Frequent publication forums include:

  • Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Age and Ageing
  • Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health
  • Scientific Reports

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Maffei are:

  • Intranasal delivery of BDNF rescues memory deficits in AD11 mice and reduces brain microgliosis, 2020, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Reduced ccl11/eotaxin mediates the beneficial effects of environmental stimulation on the aged hippocampus, 2021, Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Long-term beneficial impact of the randomised trial 'Train the Brain', a motor/cognitive intervention in mild cognitive impairment people: effects at the 14-month follow-up, 2023, Age and Ageing
  • An inflammatory fingerprint in mild cognitively impaired patients is reversed by physical and cognitive training, 2025, Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health
  • Author Correction: Early impoverished environment delays the maturation of cerebral cortex, 2021, Scientific Reports

Collaborative efforts are a notable aspect of their work, frequently co-authoring publications with:

  • Nicoletta Berardi
  • Alessandro Sale
  • Chiara Braschi
  • Marianna Noale
  • Simona Cintoli

Best Publications

  • Reactivation of Ocular Dominance Plasticity in the Adult Visual Cortex

    Tommaso Pizzorusso;Paolo Medini;Nicoletta Berardi;Sabrina Chierzi

  • BDNF Regulates the Maturation of Inhibition and the Critical Period of Plasticity in Mouse Visual Cortex

    Z. Josh Huang;Alfredo Kirkwood;Tommaso Pizzorusso;Vittorio Porciatti

  • The antidepressant fluoxetine restores plasticity in the adult visual cortex.

    José Fernando Maya Vetencourt;Alessandro Sale;Alessandro Viegi;Laura Baroncelli

  • The visual cortex as a spatial frequency analyser

    Lamberto Maffei;Adriana Fiorentini

  • Environmental enrichment strengthens corticocortical interactions and reduces amyloid-β oligomers in aged mice

    Marco Mainardi;Angelo Di Garbo;Matteo Caleo;Nicoletta Berardi

  • Functional postnatal development of the rat primary visual cortex and the role of visual experience: Dark rearing and monocular deprivation

    Michela Fagiolini;Tommaso Pizzorusso;Nicoletta Berardi;Luciano Domenici

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is required for the enhancement of hippocampal neurogenesis following environmental enrichment

    Chiara Rossi;Andrea Angelucci;Laura Costantin;Chiara Braschi

  • Critical periods during sensory development.

    Nicoletta Berardi;Tommaso Pizzorusso;Lamberto Maffei

  • Spontaneous impulse activity of rat retinal ganglion cells in prenatal life.

    Lucia Galli;Lamberto Maffei

  • Environmental enrichment in adulthood promotes amblyopia recovery through a reduction of intracortical inhibition.

    Alessandro Sale;José Fernando Maya Vetencourt;Paolo Medini;Maria Cristina Cenni

  • The unresponsive regions of visual cortical receptive fields.

    Lamberto Maffei;Adriana Fiorentini

  • Structural and functional recovery from early monocular deprivation in adult rats

    Tommaso Pizzorusso;Paolo Medini;Silvia Landi;Sara Baldini

  • Enrich the environment to empower the brain

    Alessandro Sale;Nicoletta Berardi;Lamberto Maffei

  • Correlation in the discharges of neighboring rat retinal ganglion cells during prenatal life

    Lamberto Maffei;Lucia Galli-Resta

  • Environment and Brain Plasticity: Towards an Endogenous Pharmacotherapy

    Alessandro Sale;Nicoletta Berardi;Lamberto Maffei

  • Reducing Intracortical Inhibition in the Adult Visual Cortex Promotes Ocular Dominance Plasticity

    Alexey Harauzov;Maria Spolidoro;Graziella DiCristo;Roberto De Pasquale

  • Intranasal administration of nerve growth factor (NGF) rescues recognition memory deficits in AD11 anti-NGF transgenic mice

    Roberta De Rosa;Addys Ancheta Garcia;Chiara Braschi;Simona Capsoni

  • Nurturing brain plasticity: impact of environmental enrichment.

    L Baroncelli;C Braschi;M Spolidoro;T Begenisic

  • Neural Correlate of Perceptual Adaptation to Gratings

    Unknown

  • Molecular basis of plasticity in the visual cortex.

    Nicoletta Berardi;Tommaso Pizzorusso;Gian Michele Ratto;Lamberto Maffei

  • Effect of NGF on the survival of rat retinal ganglion cells following optic nerve section

    G Carmignoto;L Maffei;P Candeo;R Canella

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicoletta Berardi
Nicoletta Berardi University of Florence
Tommaso Pizzorusso
Tommaso Pizzorusso University of Florence
Alessandro Sale
Alessandro Sale National Research Council (CNR)
Matteo Caleo
Matteo Caleo University of Padua
Luciano Domenici
Luciano Domenici University of L'Aquila
Giorgio Carmignoto
Giorgio Carmignoto National Research Council (CNR)
Eero Castrén
Eero Castrén University of Helsinki
Laura Cancedda
Laura Cancedda Italian Institute of Technology
Yuri Bozzi
Yuri Bozzi University of Trento
Giambattista Bonanno
Giambattista Bonanno University of Genoa

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