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Rita Citraro is affiliated with Magna Graecia University in Italy and has contributed to the field of medicine, with a focus on neuroscience and related subfields. Their research covers various aspects of epilepsy, neuropharmacology, and physiology, integrating molecular biology and pediatrics to some extent.

Their recent papers include:

  • First evidence of altered microbiota and intestinal damage and their link to absence epilepsy in a genetic animal model, the WAG/Rij rat, 2021, Epilepsia
  • Direct Oral Anticoagulants: From Randomized Clinical Trials to Real-World Clinical Practice, 2021, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Epidemiology and Outcomes of Status Epilepticus, 2021, International Journal of General Medicine
  • Metabolic and Cognitive Effects of Ranolazine in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Data from an in vivo Model, 2020, Nutrients
  • Increased efficacy of combining prebiotic and postbiotic in mouse models relevant to autism and depression, 2021, Neuropharmacology

Their primary research topics include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Diet and metabolism studies

Rita Citraro's work spans several scientific subfields, such as:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Physiology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

The scientist has frequently published in these venues:

  • Value in Health
  • Pharmaceutics
  • Preprints.org
  • Reports - Medical Cases Images and Videos
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology

Collaborations have played a notable role in their research career, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Giovambattista De Sarro
  • Antonio Leo
  • Emilio Russo
  • Luca Gallelli
  • Caterina Palleria

Rita Citraro's body of work reflects a multidisciplinary approach within medicine, focusing particularly on conditions such as epilepsy and diabetes, with intersections in neuropharmacology and microbiota research. Their contributions address both clinical and experimental perspectives across several related medical and biological domains.

Best Publications

  • mTOR pathway inhibition as a new therapeutic strategy in epilepsy and epileptogenesis

    Rita Citraro;Antonio Leo;Andrew Constanti;Emilio Russo

  • Microbiota-gut brain axis involvement in neuropsychiatric disorders

    Luigi Francesco Iannone;Alberto Preda;Hervé M. Blottière;Gerard Clarke

  • mTOR inhibition modulates epileptogenesis, seizures and depressive behavior in a genetic rat model of absence epilepsy

    Emilio Russo;Rita Citraro;Giuseppe Donato;Caterina Camastra

  • Antiepileptic action of N-palmitoylethanolamine through CB1 and PPAR-α receptor activation in a genetic model of absence epilepsy.

    Rita Citraro;Emilio Russo;Francesca Scicchitano;Clementina M. van Rijn

  • Early molecular and behavioral response to lipopolysaccharide in the WAG/Rij rat model of absence epilepsy and depressive-like behavior, involves interplay between AMPK, AKT/mTOR pathways and neuroinflammatory cytokine release

    Emilio Russo;Francesco Andreozzi;Rodolfo Iuliano;Vincenzo Dattilo

  • The mTOR Signaling Pathway in the Brain: Focus on Epilepsy and Epileptogenesis

    Emilio Russo;Rita Citraro;Andrew Constanti;Giovambattista De Sarro

  • Liraglutide prevents cognitive decline in a rat model of streptozotocin-induced diabetes independently from its peripheral metabolic effects

    Caterina Palleria;Antonio Leo;Francesco Andreozzi;Rita Citraro

  • Can we ‘seize’ the gut microbiota to treat epilepsy?

    Carmen De Caro;Luigi Francesco Iannone;Rita Citraro;Pasquale Striano

  • Nifedipine affects the anticonvulsant activity of topiramate in various animal models of epilepsy.

    Emilio Russo;Andrew Constanti;Guido Ferreri;Rita Citraro

  • Comparison of the antiepileptogenic effects of an early long-term treatment with ethosuximide or levetiracetam in a genetic animal model of absence epilepsy.

    Emilio Russo;Rita Citraro;Francesca Scicchitano;Salvatore De Fazio

  • Ameliorating effects of aripiprazole on cognitive functions and depressive-like behavior in a genetic rat model of absence epilepsy and mild-depression comorbidity

    Emilio Russo;Rita Citraro;Alessandro Davoli;Luca Gallelli

  • Effects of early long‐term treatment with antiepileptic drugs on development of seizures and depressive‐like behavior in a rat genetic absence epilepsy model

    Emilio Russo;Rita Citraro;Francesca Scicchitano;Salvatore De Fazio

  • Upholding WAG/Rij rats as a model of absence epileptogenesis: Hidden mechanisms and a new theory on seizure development.

    Emilio Russo;Rita Citraro;Andrew Constanti;Antonio Leo

  • Protective effects of some statins on epileptogenesis and depressive‐like behavior in WAG/Rij rats, a genetic animal model of absence epilepsy

    Rita Citraro;Serafina Chimirri;Rossana Aiello;Luca Gallelli

  • Intestinal inflammation increases convulsant activity and reduces antiepileptic drug efficacy in a mouse model of epilepsy.

    Carmen De Caro;Antonio Leo;Valentina Nesci;Carla Ghelardini

  • Antiabsence effects of carbenoxolone in two genetic animal models of absence epilepsy (WAG/Rij rats and lh/lh mice).

    Pietro Gareri;Daniele Condorelli;Natale Belluardo;Rita Citraro

  • Direct Oral Anticoagulants: From Randomized Clinical Trials to Real-World Clinical Practice.

    Roberta Roberti;Luigi Francesco Iannone;Caterina Palleria;Antonio Curcio

  • Antidepressants but not antipsychotics have antiepileptogenic effects with limited effects on comorbid depressive-like behaviour in the WAG/Rij rat model of absence epilepsy

    Rita Citraro;Antonio Leo;Pasquale De Fazio;Giovambattista De Sarro

  • Antiepileptogenic effects of the selective COX-2 inhibitor etoricoxib, on the development of spontaneous absence seizures in WAG/Rij rats.

    Rita Citraro;Antonio Leo;Rosario Marra;Giovambattista De Sarro

  • Butyrate prevents valproate-induced liver injury: In vitro and in vivo evidence

    Claudio Pirozzi;Adriano Lama;Chiara Annunziata;Gina Cavaliere

  • Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha plays a crucial role in behavioral repetition and cognitive flexibility in mice

    Giuseppe D'Agostino;Giuseppe D'Agostino;Claudia Cristiano;Claudia Cristiano;Claudia Cristiano;David J. Lyons;Rita Citraro

  • Positive allosteric modulation of metabotropic glutamate 4 (mGlu4) receptors enhances spontaneous and evoked absence seizures.

    R.T. Ngomba;F. Ferraguti;A. Badura;R. Citraro

  • CB1 agonists, locally applied to the cortico-thalamic circuit of rats with genetic absence epilepsy, reduce epileptic manifestations

    Rita Citraro;Emilio Russo;Richard T. Ngomba;Ferdinando Nicoletti

Frequent Co-Authors

Emilio Russo
Emilio Russo Magna Graecia University
Pasquale Striano
Pasquale Striano University of Genoa
Edoardo Ferlazzo
Edoardo Ferlazzo Magna Graecia University
Angelo Labate
Angelo Labate Magna Graecia University
Gilles van Luijtelaar
Gilles van Luijtelaar Radboud University
Natale Belluardo
Natale Belluardo University of Palermo
Carlo Di Bonaventura
Carlo Di Bonaventura Sapienza University of Rome
Giuseppa Mudò
Giuseppa Mudò University of Palermo
Umberto Aguglia
Umberto Aguglia Magna Graecia University
Paolo Visca
Paolo Visca Roma Tre University

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