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Laura Calzà is a researcher affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy. Their scientific work spans multiple disciplines with a primary focus on Medicine, as well as significant contributions to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience.

The researcher has explored various specialized subfields, including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Surgery, and Rehabilitation. Their research topics cover a diverse range of biomedical challenges, particularly:

  • Wound Healing and Treatments
  • Mesenchymal stem cell research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Spinal Cord Injury Research
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Among recent publications featuring Laura Calzà as an author or coauthor are the following notable papers:

  • Linguistic features and automatic classifiers for identifying mild cognitive impairment and dementia (2020), published in Computer Speech & Language
  • An automatic Alzheimer's disease classifier based on spontaneous spoken English (2021), published in Computer Speech & Language
  • Automatic Speech Classifier for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early Dementia (2021), published in ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare

Other prominent works include research on nanomedicines and regenerative biomaterials, as illustrated by:

  • Applications of the ROS-Responsive Thioketal Linker for the Production of Smart Nanomedicines (2022), published in Polymers
  • Exosomes of mesenchymal stem cells delivered from methacrylated hyaluronic acid patch improve the regenerative properties of endothelial and dermal cells (2022), published in Biomaterials Advances

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Luciana Giardino
  • Vito Antonio Baldassarro
  • Luca Lorenzini
  • Giuseppe Alastra
  • Maura Cescatti

The researcher has published multiple works in respected scientific venues. Most of their publications have appeared in:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Cells
  • Computer Speech & Language
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Cell and Tissue Research

In addition to journal articles, Laura Calzà has contributed to published books. One such contribution includes a chapter or work in a book published by Frontiers Media titled Perspectives and Theories of Social Innovation for Ageing Population (2020).

Best Publications

  • Endocrine disrupters: a review of some sources, effects, and mechanisms of actions on behaviour and neuroendocrine systems

    C A Frye;E Bo;G Calamandrei;L Calzà

  • Nerve growth factor control of neuronal expression of angiogenetic and vasoactive factors.

    Laura Calzà;Luciana Giardino;Alessandro Giuliani;Luigi Aloe

  • GM1 ganglioside stimulates the regeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the central nervous system.

    G. Toffano;G. Savoini;F. Moroni;G. Lombardi

  • Gangliosides increase the survival of lesioned nigral dopamine neurons and favour the recovery of dopaminergic synaptic function in striatum of rats by collateral sprouting.

    Luigi F. Agnati;Kjell Fuxe;Laura Calza;Fabio Benfenati

  • Early Pharmacotherapy Restores Neurogenesis and Cognitive Performance in the Ts65Dn Mouse Model for Down Syndrome

    Patrizia Bianchi;Elisabetta Ciani;Sandra Guidi;Stefania Trazzi

  • Thyroid hormone administration enhances remyelination in chronic demyelinating inflammatory disease

    Mercedes Fernandez;Alessandro Giuliani;Stefania Pirondi;Giulia D'Intino

  • Thyroid hormone activates oligodendrocyte precursors and increases a myelin-forming protein and NGF content in the spinal cord during experimental allergic encephalomyelitis

    Laura Calza;Mercedes Fernandez;Alessandro Giuliani;Luigi Aloe

  • Speech Analysis by Natural Language Processing Techniques: A Possible Tool for Very Early Detection of Cognitive Decline?

    Daniela Beltrami;Gloria Gagliardi;Rema Rossini Favretti;Enrico Ghidoni

  • Peptide plasticity in primary sensory neurons and spinal cord during adjuvant-induced arthritis in the rat: an immunocytochemical and in situ hybridization study.

    L Calzà;M Pozza;M Zanni;C.U Manzini

  • Loss of CDKL5 impairs survival and dendritic growth of newborn neurons by altering AKT/GSK-3β signaling

    Claudia Fuchs;Stefania Trazzi;Roberta Torricella;Rocchina Viggiano

  • Proliferation and phenotype regulation in the subventricular zone during experimental allergic encephalomyelitis: In vivo evidence of a role for nerve growth factor

    Laura Calzà;Luciana Giardino;Monica Pozza;Carla Bettelli

  • NOS mRNA in the paraventricular nucleus of young and old rats after immobilization stress

    Laura Calzà;Luciana Giardino;Sandra Ceccatelli

  • Inhibin and activin in human fetal membranes: evidence for a local effect on prostaglandin release.

    Felice Petraglia;Maurizio M. Anceschi;Laura Calza;Gian Carlo Garuti

  • Inhibin subunits in human placenta: localization and messenger ribonucleic acid levels during pregnancy.

    Felice Petraglia;Gian Carlo Garuti;Laura Calza;Veronica Roberts

  • Presence and synthesis of inhibin subunits in human decidua

    Felice Petraglia;Laura Calzà;Gian Carlo Garuti;Martino Abrate

  • Neural stem cells and cholinergic neurons: regulation by immunolesion and treatment with mitogens, retinoic acid, and nerve growth factor.

    Laura Calzà;Alessandro Giuliani;Mercedes Fernandez;Stefania Pirondi

  • ‘Neuro’-peptides in glia: Focus on NPY and galanin

    Ruud Ubink;Laura Calza;Tomas Hökfelt

  • Thyroid hormone participates in the regulation of neural stem cells and oligodendrocyte precursor cells in the central nervous system of adult rat.

    M Fernandez;S Pirondi;M Manservigi;L Giardino

  • Nitric oxide is involved in male sexual behavior of rats.

    Augusta Benelli;Alfio Bertolini;Rosanna Poggioli;Elena Cavazzuti

  • Time-course changes of nerve growth factor, corticotropin-releasing hormone, and nitric oxide synthase isoforms and their possible role in the development of inflammatory response in experimental allergic encephalomyelitis

    Laura Calzà;Luciana Giardino;Monica Pozza;Alessandra Micera

  • Quantitative autoradiographic localization of [3H]imipramine binding sites in the brain of the rat: relationship to ascending 5-hydroxytryptamine neuron systems.

    Kjell Fuxe;Laura Calza;Fabio Benfenati;Isabella Zini

Frequent Co-Authors

Luca Ferraro
Luca Ferraro University of Ferrara
Tomas Hökfelt
Tomas Hökfelt Karolinska Institute
Tiziana Antonelli
Tiziana Antonelli University of Ferrara
Kjell Fuxe
Kjell Fuxe Karolinska Institute
Maria Letizia Focarete
Maria Letizia Focarete University of Bologna
Renata Bartesaghi
Renata Bartesaghi University of Bologna
Elisabetta Ciani
Elisabetta Ciani University of Bologna
Luigi F. Agnati
Luigi F. Agnati University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Marina Pizzi
Marina Pizzi University of Brescia
Sandro Carrara
Sandro Carrara École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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