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Stefania Petrosino is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Medicine, with an emphasis on Pharmacology, Physiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Surgery, and Molecular Biology.

Their work covers topics including Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Dietary Effects on Health, Pancreatic Function and Diabetes, Tryptophan and Brain Disorders, Neuroscience of Respiration and Sleep, and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism.

Stefania Petrosino has coauthored multiple works with frequent collaborators including Aniello Schiano Moriello, Vincenzo Di Marzo, Roberta Verde, Fabio Arturo Iannotti, and Fabiana Piscitelli.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Stefania Petrosino include:

  • Palmitoylethanolamide dampens neuroinflammation and anxiety-like behavior in obese mice (2022), published in Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Palmitoylethanolamide: A Nutritional Approach to Keep Neuroinflammation within Physiological Boundaries-A Systematic Review (2020), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Phytocannabinoids promote viability and functional adipogenesis of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells through different molecular targets (2020), published in Biochemical Pharmacology
  • Analysis of the oral microbiome during hormonal cycle and its alterations in menopausal women: the "AMICA" project (2022), published in Scientific Reports
  • Mutual Links between the Endocannabinoidome and the Gut Microbiome, with Special Reference to Companion Animals: A Nutritional Viewpoint (2022), published in Animals

Stefania Petrosino's publications are frequently found in the following venues:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Biochemical Pharmacology
  • Animals

Best Publications

  • Effects of cannabinoids and cannabinoid-enriched Cannabis extracts on TRP channels and endocannabinoid metabolic enzymes

    Luciano De Petrocellis;Alessia Ligresti;Aniello Schiano Moriello;Marco Allarà

  • Regulation, function, and dysregulation of endocannabinoids in models of adipose and beta-pancreatic cells and in obesity and hyperglycemia.

    Isabel Matias;Marie-Paule Gonthier;Pierangelo Orlando;Vassilis Martiadis

  • Circulating endocannabinoid levels, abdominal adiposity and related cardiometabolic risk factors in obese men.

    M. Cote;I. Matias;I. Lemieux;S. Petrosino

  • Elevation of Endocannabinoid Levels in the Ventrolateral Periaqueductal Grey through Inhibition of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Affects Descending Nociceptive Pathways via Both Cannabinoid Receptor Type 1 and Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid Type-1 Receptors

    Sabatino Maione;Tiziana Bisogno;Vito de Novellis;Enza Palazzo

  • Endocannabinoids and the regulation of their levels in health and disease.

    Vincenzo Di Marzo;Stefania Petrosino

  • Attenuation of allergic contact dermatitis through the endocannabinoid system

    Meliha Karsak;Evelyn Gaffal;Rahul Date;Lihua Wang-Eckhardt

  • Endocannabinoids and endocannabinoid-related mediators: Targets, metabolism and role in neurological disorders.

    Fabio Arturo Iannotti;Vincenzo Di Marzo;Stefania Petrosino

  • Role in Anxiety Behavior of the Endocannabinoid System in the Prefrontal Cortex

    T. Rubino;N. Realini;C. Castiglioni;C. Guidali

  • The pharmacology of palmitoylethanolamide and first data on the therapeutic efficacy of some of its new formulations

    Stefania Petrosino;Vincenzo Di Marzo

  • Mechanisms of the Anti-Obesity Effects of Oxytocin in Diet-Induced Obese Rats

    Nicolas Deblon;Christelle Veyrat-Durebex;Lucie Bourgoin;Aurélie Caillon

  • Changes in spinal and supraspinal endocannabinoid levels in neuropathic rats

    Stefania Petrosino;Enza Palazzo;Vito de Novellis;Tiziana Bisogno

  • Endocannabinoids and β-amyloid-induced neurotoxicity in vivo: effect of pharmacological elevation of endocannabinoid levels

    M. van der Stelt;C. Mazzola;G. Esposito;I. Matias

  • Changes in plasma endocannabinoid levels in viscerally obese men following a 1 year lifestyle modification programme and waist circumference reduction: associations with changes in metabolic risk factors.

    V. Di Marzo;M. Côté;I. Matias;I. Lemieux

  • Anxiolytic effects in mice of a dual blocker of fatty acid amide hydrolase and transient receptor potential vanilloid type-1 channels.

    Vincenzo Micale;Luigia Cristino;Alessandra Tamburella;Stefania Petrosino

  • A role for endocannabinoids in the generation of parkinsonism and levodopa-induced dyskinesia in MPTP-lesioned non-human primate models of Parkinson's disease.

    Mario van der Stelt;Susan H. Fox;Michael Hill;Alan R. Crossman

  • Analgesic actions of N-arachidonoyl-serotonin, a fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibitor with antagonistic activity at vanilloid TRPV1 receptors

    S Maione;L De Petrocellis;V de Novellis;A Schiano Moriello

  • The cannabinoid CB1 receptor regulates bone formation by modulating adrenergic signaling

    Joseph Tam;Victoria Trembovler;Vincenzo Di Marzo;Stefania Petrosino

  • Cannabidiol, a safe and non-psychotropic ingredient of the marijuana plant Cannabis sativa, is protective in a murine model of colitis.

    Francesca Borrelli;Gabriella Aviello;Barbara Romano;Pierangelo Orlando

  • Dysregulation of peripheral endocannabinoid levels in hyperglycemia and obesity: Effect of high fat diets.

    Isabel Matias;Stefania Petrosino;Alessandro Racioppi;Raffaele Capasso

  • N-palmitoyl-ethanolamine: Biochemistry and new therapeutic opportunities.

    Stefania Petrosino;Teresa Iuvone;Vincenzo Di Marzo

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincenzo Di Marzo
Vincenzo Di Marzo National Research Council (CNR)
Luigia Cristino
Luigia Cristino National Research Council (CNR)
Sabatino Maione
Sabatino Maione University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Tiziana Bisogno
Tiziana Bisogno National Research Council (CNR)
Angelo A. Izzo
Angelo A. Izzo University of Naples Federico II
Enza Palazzo
Enza Palazzo University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Livio Luongo
Livio Luongo University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Salvatore Cuzzocrea
Salvatore Cuzzocrea University of Messina
Vito de Novellis
Vito de Novellis University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Giovanni Marsicano
Giovanni Marsicano University of Bordeaux

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