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Maria Vincenza Catania is affiliated with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on subfields such as genetics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, and pediatrics.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a focus on neurodevelopmental and neuropharmacological topics, including the molecular mechanisms underlying brain disorders and neuroinflammation. Key research themes involve genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, autism spectrum disorder, epigenetics, mitochondrial function, neuroinflammation, and immune response.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Maria Vincenza Catania include:

  • "Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) and metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGlu5) control stress granule formation in astrocytes" (2021, Neurobiology of Disease)
  • "Group I and group II metabotropic glutamate receptors are upregulated in the synapses of infant rats prenatally exposed to valproic acid" (2023, Psychopharmacology)
  • "Role of fragile X messenger ribonucleoprotein 1 in the pathophysiology of brain disorders: a glia perspective" (2024, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews)
  • "Dynamics of astrocytes Ca2+ signaling: a low-cost fluorescence customized system for 2D cultures" (2024, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology)
  • "Blunted type-5 metabotropic glutamate receptor-mediated polyphosphoinositide hydrolysis in two mouse models of monogenic autism" (2023, Neuropharmacology)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers including Simona D'Antoni, Michela Spatuzza, Ferdinando Nicoletti, C. Bonaccorso, and Viviana Trezza. These coauthors have contributed to multiple publications in related areas of neuroscience and pharmacology.

Maria Vincenza Catania's work has appeared in several publication venues, notable among them are Psychopharmacology, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, and Neurobiology of Disease.

Best Publications

  • Metabotropic glutamate receptors are differentially regulated during development

    M.V. Catania;G.B. Landwehrmeyer;C.M. Testa;D.G. Standaert

  • Group-I metabotropic glutamate receptors: hypotheses to explain their dual role in neurotoxicity and neuroprotection

    F Nicoletti;V Bruno;M.V Catania;G Battaglia

  • Immunohistochemical localization of group I and II metabotropic glutamate receptors in control and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis human spinal cord: upregulation in reactive astrocytes

    E Aronica;M.V Catania;J Geurts;B Yankaya

  • Neuroprotective activity of the potent and selective mGlu1a metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonist, (+)-2-methyl-4 carboxyphenylglycine (LY367385): comparison with LY357366, a broader spectrum antagonist with equal affinity for mGlu1a and mGlu5 receptors.

    V Bruno;G Battaglia;A Kingston;M.J O’Neill

  • A reduced number of metabotropic glutamate subtype 5 receptors are associated with constitutive homer proteins in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome.

    Raffaella Giuffrida;Sebastiano Musumeci;Simona D'Antoni;Carmela Maria Bonaccorso

  • Selective Activation of mGlu4 Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Is Protective against Excitotoxic Neuronal Death

    V. Bruno;G. Battaglia;I. Ksiazek;H. van der Putten

  • Metabotropic glutamate receptors in glial cells.

    Simona D'Antoni;Antonio Berretta;Carmela Maria Bonaccorso;Valeria Bruno

  • Desensitization of metabotropic glutamate receptors in neuronal cultures

    M. V. Catania;E. Aronica;M. A. Sortino;P. L. Canonico

  • Selective blockade of type-1 metabotropic glutamate receptors induces neuroprotection by enhancing gabaergic transmission.

    Giuseppe Battaglia;Valeria Bruno;Antonio Pisani;Diego Centonze

  • Glutamate receptors in striatum and substantia nigra: Effects of medial forebrain bundle lesions

    Ullrich Wüllner;Claudia M. Testa;Maria Vincenza Catania;Anne B. Young

  • Differential expression of AMPA receptor subunits in NOS-positive neurons of cortex, striatum, and hippocampus

    Maria Vincenza Catania;Thomas R. Tölle;Hannah Monyer

  • A metabolomic and systems biology perspective on the brain of the Fragile X syndrome mouse model

    Laetitia Davidovic;Vincent Navratil;Carmela M. Bonaccorso;Maria Vincenza Catania

  • Object recognition impairment in Fmr1 knockout mice is reversed by amphetamine: involvement of dopamine in the medial prefrontal cortex.

    R. Ventura;T. Pascucci;M. V. Catania;S. A. Musumeci

  • L-Acetylcarnitine induces analgesia by selectively up-regulating mGlu2 metabotropic glutamate receptors.

    S. Chiechio;A. Caricasole;E. Barletta;M. Storto

  • Increased expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase spliced variants in reactive astrocytes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis human spinal cord.

    Maria Vincenza Catania;Eleonora Aronica;Bulent Yankaya;Dirk Troost

  • Activation of 5-HT7 serotonin receptors reverses metabotropic glutamate receptor-mediated synaptic plasticity in wild-type and Fmr1 knockout mice, a model of Fragile X syndrome.

    Lara Costa;Michela Spatuzza;Simona D'Antoni;Carmela M. Bonaccorso

  • Endogenous activation of group-I metabotropic glutamate receptors is required for differentiation and survival of cerebellar Purkinje cells.

    M. V. Catania;M. Bellomo;V. Di Giorgi-Gerevini;G. Seminara

  • 5-HT7 receptors as modulators of neuronal excitability, synaptic transmission and plasticity: physiological role and possible implications in autism spectrum disorders.

    Lucia Ciranna;Maria Vincenza Catania

  • Dysregulation of group-I metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptor mediated signalling in disorders associated with Intellectual Disability and Autism.

    Simona D'Antoni;Michela Spatuzza;Carmela M. Bonaccorso;Sebastiano A. Musumeci

  • Excitatory Amino Acids Stimulate Inositol Phospholipid Hydrolysis and Reduce Proliferation in Cultured Astrocytes

    F. Nicoletti;G. Magrì;F. Ingrao;V. Bruno

Frequent Co-Authors

Eleonora Aronica
Eleonora Aronica University of Amsterdam
Barbara Bardoni
Barbara Bardoni Université Côte d'Azur
Maria Angela Sortino
Maria Angela Sortino University of Catania
Giuseppe Battaglia
Giuseppe Battaglia Sapienza University of Rome
Agata Copani
Agata Copani University of Catania
Anne B. Young
Anne B. Young Harvard University
Filippo Drago
Filippo Drago University of Catania
Daniele F. Condorelli
Daniele F. Condorelli University of Catania
Klaus G. Reymann
Klaus G. Reymann Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Daniela Puzzo
Daniela Puzzo University of Catania

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