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Maurizio Popoli

Maurizio Popoli

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Neuroscience

D-Index
54
Citations
11355
World Ranking
4901
National Ranking
234

Overview

Maurizio Popoli is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with a specialization in various subfields including biological psychiatry, cellular and molecular neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, molecular biology, and developmental neuroscience.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Stress responses and cortisol
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Circular RNAs in diseases
  • Nerve injury and regeneration

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Maurizio Popoli illustrate their research focus in stress-related neuropsychiatric disorders and pharmacological approaches. These include:

  • The stressed synapse 2.0: pathophysiological mechanisms in stress-related neuropsychiatric disorders, 2021, Nature Reviews Neuroscience
  • Positive AMPA receptor modulation in the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders: A long and winding road, 2021, Drug Discovery Today
  • Modulation by chronic stress and ketamine of ionotropic AMPA/NMDA and metabotropic glutamate receptors in the rat hippocampus, 2020, Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
  • Acute Ketamine Facilitates Fear Memory Extinction in a Rat Model of PTSD Along With Restoring Glutamatergic Alterations and Dendritic Atrophy in the Prefrontal Cortex, 2022, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • miR-9-5p is involved in the rescue of stress-dependent dendritic shortening of hippocampal pyramidal neurons induced by acute antidepressant treatment with ketamine, 2021, Neurobiology of Stress

Frequent coauthors in Popoli's publications include:

  • Laura Musazzi
  • Alessandro Ieraci
  • Alessandro Barbon
  • Jessica Mingardi
  • Giulia Carini

Popoli's work is often published in journals with repeated collaborations in certain venues such as:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Journal of Cellular Physiology
  • Genes

Best Publications

  • The stressed synapse: the impact of stress and glucocorticoids on glutamate transmission

    Maurizio Popoli;Zhen Yan;Bruce S. McEwen;Gerard Sanacora

  • Towards a glutamate hypothesis of depression: an emerging frontier of neuropsychopharmacology for mood disorders.

    Gerard Sanacora;Giulia Treccani;Maurizio Popoli

  • Signaling Pathways Regulating Gene Expression, Neuroplasticity, and Neurotrophic Mechanisms in the Action of Antidepressants: A Critical Overview

    Daniela Tardito;Jorge Perez;Ettore Tiraboschi;Laura Musazzi

  • Acute stress increases depolarization-evoked glutamate release in the rat prefrontal/frontal cortex: the dampening action of antidepressants.

    Laura Musazzi;Marco Milanese;Pasqualina Farisello;Simona Zappettini

  • How can drug discovery for psychiatric disorders be improved

    Yves Agid;György Buzsáki;David M. Diamond;Richard Frackowiak

  • Social Isolation Stress Induces Anxious-Depressive-Like Behavior and Alterations of Neuroplasticity-Related Genes in Adult Male Mice.

    Alessandro Ieraci;Alessandra Mallei;Maurizio Popoli

  • Chronic Antidepressants Reduce Depolarization-Evoked Glutamate Release and Protein Interactions Favoring Formation of SNARE Complex in Hippocampus

    Giambattista Bonanno;Roberto Giambelli;Luca Raiteri;Ettore Tiraboschi

  • Selective phosphorylation of nuclear CREB by fluoxetine is linked to activation of CaM kinase IV and MAP kinase cascades.

    Ettore Tiraboschi;Daniela Tardito;Jiro Kasahara;Stefania Moraschi

  • The stressed synapse 2.0: pathophysiological mechanisms in stress-related neuropsychiatric disorders

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  • Cellular and molecular mechanisms in the long-term action of antidepressants

    Giorgio Racagni;Maurizio Popoli

  • Modulation of synaptic plasticity by stress and antidepressants

    Maurizio Popoli;Massimo Gennarelli;Giorgio Racagni

  • The Action of Antidepressants on the Glutamate System: Regulation of Glutamate Release and Glutamate Receptors

    Laura Musazzi;Giulia Treccani;Alessandra Mallei;Maurizio Popoli

  • Second messenger-regulated protein kinases in the brain: their functional role and the action of antidepressant drugs.

    Maurizio Popoli;Maurizio Popoli;Nicoletta Brunello;Jorge Perez;Giorgio Racagni

  • Mode of action of agomelatine: synergy between melatonergic and 5-HT2C receptors.

    Giorgio Racagni;Marco Andrea Riva;Raffaella Molteni;Laura Musazzi

  • Glutamatergic Neurotransmission: Pathway to Developing Novel Rapid-Acting Antidepressant Treatments.

    Bashkim Kadriu;Laura Musazzi;Ioline D Henter;Morgan Graves

  • Stress, glucocorticoids and glutamate release: effects of antidepressant drugs

    Laura Musazzi;Giorgio Racagni;Maurizio Popoli

  • Behavioural consequences of two chronic psychosocial stress paradigms: anxiety without depression.

    David A. Slattery;Nicole Uschold;Mauro Magoni;Julia Bär

  • Stress and corticosterone increase the readily releasable pool of glutamate vesicles in synaptic terminals of prefrontal and frontal cortex.

    G Treccani;L Musazzi;C Perego;M Milanese

  • Regulation of Editing and Expression of Glutamate α-Amino-Propionic-Acid (AMPA)/Kainate Receptors by Antidepressant Drugs

    Alessandro Barbon;Maurizio Popoli;Luca La Via;Stefania Moraschi

  • Physical Exercise and Antidepressants Enhance BDNF Targeting in Hippocampal CA3 Dendrites: Further Evidence of a Spatial Code for BDNF Splice Variants

    Gabriele Baj;Valentina D'Alessandro;Laura Musazzi;Alessandra Mallei

  • Association between promoter polymorphic haplotypes of interleukin-10 gene and schizophrenia.

    Luisella Bocchio Chiavetto;Francesco Boin;Roberta Zanardini;Maurizio Popoli

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura Musazzi
Laura Musazzi University of Milano-Bicocca
Gregers Wegener
Gregers Wegener Aarhus University
Giambattista Bonanno
Giambattista Bonanno University of Genoa
Francis S. Lee
Francis S. Lee Cornell University
Enrico Tongiorgi
Enrico Tongiorgi University of Trieste
Raffaella Zanardi
Raffaella Zanardi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Michael J. Rowan
Michael J. Rowan Trinity College Dublin
Aleksander A. Mathé
Aleksander A. Mathé Karolinska University Hospital
Fabio Benfenati
Fabio Benfenati Italian Institute of Technology
Annamaria Cattaneo
Annamaria Cattaneo University of Milan

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