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Lorella M.T. Canzoniero

Lorella M.T. Canzoniero

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Neuroscience

D-Index
42
Citations
7920
World Ranking
7608
National Ranking
407

Overview

Lorella M.T. Canzoniero is affiliated with the University of Sannio in Italy. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. They have contributed extensively to subfields such as Physiology, Neurology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's published work covers a range of topics with a focus on trace elements in health, calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, heavy metal exposure and toxicity, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research, autophagy in disease and therapy, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

Among recent papers are the following:

  • A Neurotoxic Ménage-à-trois: Glutamate, Calcium, and Zinc in the Excitotoxic Cascade (2020) published in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • Lysosomal calcium is modulated by STIM1/TRPML1 interaction which participates to neuronal survival during ischemic preconditioning (2021) published in The FASEB Journal
  • Zinc homeostasis and redox alterations in obesity (2024) published in Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Chronic exposure to l-BMAA cyanotoxin induces cytoplasmic TDP-43 accumulation and glial activation, reproducing an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-like phenotype in mice (2023) published in Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
  • Effects of low-dose methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl-derived manganese on the development of diencephalic dopaminergic neurons in zebrafish (2021) published in Environmental Pollution

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers including Cristina Franco, Valentina Tedeschi, Agnese Secondo, Serenella Anzilotti, and Maria Josè Sisalli.

Lorella M.T. Canzoniero's work has been featured in multiple publication venues such as Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, The FASEB Journal, Frontiers in Endocrinology, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, and Current Neuropharmacology.

Best Publications

  • Mitochondrial production of reactive oxygen species in cortical neurons following exposure to N-methyl-D-aspartate

    L. L. Dugan;S. L. Sensi;L. M T Canzoniero;S. D. Handran

  • Mediation of neuronal apoptosis by enhancement of outward potassium current.

    Shan Ping Yu;Chen Hsiung Yeh;Stefano L. Sensi;Byoung J. Gwag

  • Measurement of intracellular free zinc in living cortical neurons: routes of entry.

    Stefano L. Sensi;Lorella M.T. Canzoniero;Shan Ping Yu;Howard S. Ying

  • Ion homeostasis and apoptosis.

    Shan Ping Yu;Lorella M.T Canzoniero;Dennis W Choi

  • Staurosporine-Induced Neuronal Apoptosis

    Jae-Young Koh;Myung B. Wie;Byoung J. Gwag;Stefano L. Sensi

  • Involvement of de Novo Ceramide Biosynthesis in Tumor Necrosis Factor-α/Cycloheximide-induced Cerebral Endothelial Cell Death

    Jan Xu;Chen-Hsiung Yeh;Shawei Chen;Luming He

  • Effects of dietary supplementation of carnosine on mitochondrial dysfunction, amyloid pathology, and cognitive deficits in 3xTg-AD mice.

    Carlo Corona;Valerio Frazzini;Elena Silvestri;Rossano Lattanzio

  • Measurement of intracellular free zinc concentrations accompanying zinc-induced neuronal death.

    Lorella M. T. Canzoniero;Dorothy M. Turetsky;Dennis W. Choi

  • Dietary zinc supplementation of 3xTg-AD mice increases BDNF levels and prevents cognitive deficits as well as mitochondrial dysfunction

    C Corona;F Masciopinto;E Silvestri;A Del Viscovo

  • Calcium ionophores can induce either apoptosis or necrosis in cultured cortical neurons

    B. J. Gwag;L. M T Canzoniero;S. L. Sensi;J. A. Demaro

  • Zinc induces a Src family kinase-mediated up-regulation of NMDA receptor activity and excitotoxicity

    Pat Manzerra;M. Margarita Behrens;Lorella M. T. Canzoniero;Xue Qing Wang

  • Role of the ubiquitin–proteasome system in brain ischemia: Friend or foe?

    Margarida V. Caldeira;Ivan L. Salazar;Michele Curcio;Lorella M.T. Canzoniero

  • BHK cells transfected with NCX3 are more resistant to hypoxia followed by reoxygenation than those transfected with NCX1 and NCX2: Possible relationship with mitochondrial membrane potential.

    Agnese Secondo;Rosaria Ilaria Staiano;Antonella Scorziello;Rossana Sirabella

  • 3-Nitropropionic acid induces apoptosis in cultured striatal and cortical neurons.

    Maria I. Behrens;Jae Koh;Lorella M. T. Canzoniero;Stefano L. Sensi

  • Zn2+ current is mediated by voltage-gated Ca2+ channels and enhanced by extracellular acidity in mouse cortical neurones.

    Geoffrey A. Kerchner;Lorella M. T. Canzoniero;Shan Ping Yu;Cliff Ling

  • Antagonists for group I mGluRs attenuate excitotoxic neuronal death in cortical cultures.

    Uta Strasser;Doug Lobner;M. Margarita Behrens;Lorella M. T. Canzoniero

  • Zinc-induced neuronal death in cortical neurons.

    Lobner D;Canzoniero Lm;Manzerra P;Gottron F

  • Neuroprotection by GDNF in the ischemic brain.

    Emília P Duarte;Michele Curcio;Lorella M Canzoniero;Carlos B Duarte

  • Sodium channel blockers reduce oxygen-glucose deprivation-induced cortical neuronal injury when combined with glutamate receptor antagonists.

    J. J. Lynch;S. P. Yu;L. M. T. Canzoniero;S. L. Sensi

  • Membrane-delimited modulation of NMDA currents by metabotropic glutamate receptor subtypes 1/5 in cultured mouse cortical neurons.

    Shan Ping Yu;S. L. Sensi;L. M. T. Canzoniero;A. Buisson

  • Calpains and neuronal damage in the ischemic brain: The swiss knife in synaptic injury

    Michele Curcio;Ivan L. Salazar;Miranda Mele;Lorella M.T. Canzoniero

  • Effects of dietary supplementation of carnosine on mitochondrial dysfunction, amyloid pathology, and cognitive deficits in 3xTg-AD mice

    Carlo Corona;Valerio Frazzini;Lorella Canzoniero;Enrico Rizzarelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis W. Choi
Dennis W. Choi Stony Brook University
Carlos B. Duarte
Carlos B. Duarte University of Coimbra
Mark P. Goldberg
Mark P. Goldberg The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Byoung Joo Gwag
Byoung Joo Gwag Yonsei University
M. Margarita Behrens
M. Margarita Behrens Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Alain Buisson
Alain Buisson Grenoble Alpes University
Karen L. O'Malley
Karen L. O'Malley Washington University in St. Louis
Denis Duboule
Denis Duboule Collège de France
John H. Weiss
John H. Weiss University of California, Irvine
Massimo Avoli
Massimo Avoli McGill University

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