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Overview

Manuel Mameli is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the field of neuroscience. Their research spans various domains within neuroscience, focusing primarily on cellular, molecular, and cognitive neuroscience, as well as social psychology, molecular biology, and neurology.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Neuroscience

Within this broad field, Manuel Mameli has contributed to the following subfields:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Neurology

The work covers multiple research topics, such as:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research

Manuel Mameli's scholarly output includes multiple recent publications, highlighting a focus on neurological processes and brain function. Selected papers include:

  • "Specialized astrocytes mediate glutamatergic gliotransmission in the CNS" (2023, Nature)
  • "Cerebellar dopamine D2 receptors regulate social behaviors" (2022, Nature Neuroscience)
  • "Partial MCT1 invalidation protects against diet-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and the associated brain dysfunction" (2022, Journal of Hepatology)
  • "Stress undermines reward-guided cognitive performance through synaptic depression in the lateral habenula" (2021, Neuron)
  • "Heterogeneous Habenular Neuronal Ensembles during Selection of Defensive Behaviors" (2020, Cell Reports)

Manuel Mameli frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Neuron
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Neuroscience

Their collaborative network includes regular co-authors such as:

  • Mauro Congiu
  • Salvatore Lecca
  • Arnaud L. Lalive
  • Sarah Mondoloni
  • Anna Tchenio

Best Publications

  • Cocaine-evoked synaptic plasticity: persistence in the VTA triggers adaptations in the NAc

    Manuel Mameli;Briac Halbout;Cyril Creton;David Engblom

  • Rapid synthesis and synaptic insertion of GluR2 for mGluR-LTD in the ventral tegmental area

    Manuel Mameli;Bénédicte Balland;Bénédicte Balland;Bénédicte Balland;Rafael Luján;Rafael Luján;Rafael Luján;Christian Lüscher;Christian Lüscher;Christian Lüscher

  • Glutamate receptors on dopamine neurons control the persistence of cocaine seeking.

    David Engblom;Ainhoa Bilbao;Carles Sanchis-Segura;Lionel Dahan

  • Alcohol Enhances GABAergic Transmission to Cerebellar Granule Cells via an Increase in Golgi Cell Excitability

    Mario Carta;Manuel Mameli;C Fernando Valenzuela

  • The lateral habenula in addiction and depression: an anatomical, synaptic and behavioral overview

    Salvatore Lecca;Frank J. Meye;Manuel Mameli

  • Cocaine inverts rules for synaptic plasticity of glutamate transmission in the ventral tegmental area

    Manuel Mameli;Camilla Bellone;Matthew T C Brown;Christian Lüscher;Christian Lüscher

  • Mechanisms of synaptic depression triggered by metabotropic glutamate receptors.

    C. Bellone;C. Lüscher;C. Lüscher;M. Mameli

  • Shifted pallidal co-release of GABA and glutamate in habenula drives cocaine withdrawal and relapse

    Frank J Meye;Frank J Meye;Mariano Soiza-Reilly;Mariano Soiza-Reilly;Tamar Smit;Marco A Diana

  • Rescue of GABAB and GIRK function in the lateral habenula by protein phosphatase 2A inhibition ameliorates depression-like phenotypes in mice

    Salvatore Lecca;Assunta Pelosi;Assunta Pelosi;Anna Tchenio;Anna Tchenio;Imane Moutkine;Imane Moutkine

  • Changes in GABA(A) receptor gene expression associated with selective alterations in receptor function and pharmacology after ethanol withdrawal.

    Enrico Sanna;Maria Cristina Mostallino;Fabio Busonero;Giuseppe Talani

  • Aversive stimuli drive hypothalamus-to-habenula excitation to promote escape behavior.

    Salvatore Lecca;Salvatore Lecca;Frank Julius Meye;Frank Julius Meye;Massimo Trusel;Massimo Trusel;Anna Tchenio;Anna Tchenio

  • Neurosteroid-induced plasticity of immature synapses via retrograde modulation of presynaptic NMDA receptors.

    Manuel Mameli;Mario Carta;L. Donald Partridge;C. Fernando Valenzuela

  • Drug-Driven AMPA Receptor Redistribution Mimicked by Selective Dopamine Neuron Stimulation

    Matthew T. C. Brown;Camilla Bellone;Manuel Mameli;Gwenael Labouèbe

  • Expression of Cocaine-Evoked Synaptic Plasticity by GluN3A-Containing NMDA Receptors

    Tifei Yuan;Manuel Mameli;Eoin C. O'Connor;Partha Narayan Dey

  • Expression and Function of SNAP-25 as a Universal SNARE Component in GABAergic Neurons

    Lawrence C R Tafoya;Manuel Mameli;Teiko Miyashita;John F Guzowski

  • Limiting habenular hyperactivity ameliorates maternal separation-driven depressive-like symptoms.

    Anna Tchenio;Salvatore Lecca;Kristina Valentinova;Manuel Mameli

  • Synaptic plasticity and addiction: learning mechanisms gone awry.

    Manuel Mameli;Christian Lüscher;Christian Lüscher

  • Developmentally Regulated Actions of Alcohol on Hippocampal Glutamatergic Transmission

    Manuel Mameli;Paula A. Zamudio;Mario Carta;C. Fernando Valenzuela

  • RASGRF2 regulates alcohol-induced reinforcement by influencing mesolimbic dopamine neuron activity and dopamine release

    David Stacey;Ainhoa Bilbao;Matthieu Maroteaux;Tianye Jia

  • Cocaine-evoked negative symptoms require AMPA receptor trafficking in the lateral habenula

    Frank J Meye;Kristina Valentinova;Kristina Valentinova;Salvatore Lecca;Salvatore Lecca;Lucile Marion-Poll;Lucile Marion-Poll

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Lüscher
Christian Lüscher University of Geneva
C. Fernando Valenzuela
C. Fernando Valenzuela University of New Mexico
Camilla Bellone
Camilla Bellone University of Geneva
Tomáš Paus
Tomáš Paus University of Toronto
Rafael Luján
Rafael Luján University of Castilla-La Mancha
François Georges
François Georges University of Bordeaux
Jean-Luc Martinot
Jean-Luc Martinot École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
Patricia J. Conrod
Patricia J. Conrod University of Montreal
Marisa Roberto
Marisa Roberto Scripps Research Institute
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London

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