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Teresa Ravizza is affiliated with the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and neuroscience, with significant contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these fields, their work extensively covers cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, psychiatry and mental health, neurology, and physiology.

The scientist's main research topics include neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, epilepsy research and treatment, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, gut microbiota and health, diet and metabolism studies, neonatal and fetal brain pathology, and genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Recent scholarly publications by Teresa Ravizza demonstrate active engagement in epilepsy and neuroinflammation research. Notable papers include:

  • "Astrocytes in the initiation and progression of epilepsy," 2022, Nature Reviews Neurology
  • "mTOR and neuroinflammation in epilepsy: implications for disease progression and treatment," 2024, Nature Reviews Neuroscience
  • "Microglia proliferation plays distinct roles in acquired epilepsy depending on disease stages," 2021, Epilepsia
  • "A systems-level analysis highlights microglial activation as a modifying factor in common epilepsies," 2021, Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology
  • "In-depth characterization of a mouse model of post-traumatic epilepsy for biomarker and drug discovery," 2021, Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Teresa Ravizza include:

  • Annamaria Vezzani
  • Rossella Di Sapia
  • Pasquale Striano
  • Silvia Balosso
  • Antonella Riva

The scientist has published regularly in several venues, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Neurobiology of Disease
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Nature Reviews Neurology
  • Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Toll-like receptor 4 and high-mobility group box-1 are involved in ictogenesis and can be targeted to reduce seizures

    Mattia Maroso;Silvia Balosso;Teresa Ravizza;Jaron Liu

  • Neuroinflammatory pathways as treatment targets and biomarkers in epilepsy.

    Annamaria Vezzani;Silvia Balosso;Teresa Ravizza

  • Innate and adaptive immunity during epileptogenesis and spontaneous seizures: Evidence from experimental models and human temporal lobe epilepsy

    Teresa Ravizza;Barbara Gagliardi;Francesco Noé;Karin Boer

  • Interleukin-1β Immunoreactivity and Microglia Are Enhanced in the Rat Hippocampus by Focal Kainate Application: Functional Evidence for Enhancement of Electrographic Seizures

    Annamaria Vezzani;Mirko Conti;Ada De Luigi;Teresa Ravizza

  • Inflammatory cytokines and related genes are induced in the rat hippocampus by limbic status epilepticus

    Maria Grazia De Simoni;Carlo Perego;Teresa Ravizza;Daniela Moneta

  • The role of cytokines in the pathophysiology of epilepsy.

    Annamaria Vezzani;Silvia Balosso;Teresa Ravizza

  • Powerful anticonvulsant action of IL-1 receptor antagonist on intracerebral injection and astrocytic overexpression in mice.

    A. Vezzani;D. Moneta;M. Conti;C. Richichi

  • Functional role of inflammatory cytokines and antiinflammatory molecules in seizures and epileptogenesis

    Annamaria Vezzani;Daniela Moneta;Cristina Richichi;Marisa Aliprandi

  • Interleukin-1β Biosynthesis Inhibition Reduces Acute Seizures and Drug Resistant Chronic Epileptic Activity in Mice

    Mattia Maroso;Silvia Balosso;Teresa Ravizza;Valentina Iori

  • The IL-1β system in epilepsy-associated malformations of cortical development

    T. Ravizza;K. Boer;S. Redeker;W.G.M. Spliet

  • Targeting oxidative stress improves disease outcomes in a rat model of acquired epilepsy.

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  • Advances in the development of biomarkers for epilepsy

    Asla Pitkänen;Wolfgang Löscher;Annamaria Vezzani;Albert J Becker

  • Glia activation and cytokine increase in rat hippocampus by kainic acid-induced status epilepticus during postnatal development.

    Massimo Rizzi;Carlo Perego;Marisa Aliprandi;Cristina Richichi

  • A novel non-transcriptional pathway mediates the proconvulsive effects of interleukin-1β

    Silvia Balosso;Mattia Maroso;Manuel Sanchez-Alavez;Teresa Ravizza

  • Epileptogenesis provoked by prolonged experimental febrile seizures: mechanisms and biomarkers.

    Céline M. Dubé;Teresa Ravizza;Mark Hamamura;Qinqin Zha

  • Review: Neuroinflammatory pathways as treatment targets and biomarker candidates in epilepsy: emerging evidence from preclinical and clinical studies

    E A van Vliet;E Aronica;A Vezzani;T Ravizza

  • Anticonvulsant and antiepileptogenic effects mediated by adeno-associated virus vector neuropeptide Y expression in the rat hippocampus.

    Cristina Richichi;En Ju D Lin;Daniela Stefanin;Daniele Colella

  • Seizure-induced brain-borne inflammation sustains seizure recurrence and blood-brain barrier damage.

    Laura Librizzi;Francesco Noè;Annamaria Vezzani;Marco de Curtis

  • Glia as a source of cytokines: implications for neuronal excitability and survival.

    Annamaria Vezzani;Teresa Ravizza;Silvia Balosso;Eleonora Aronica

  • Astrocytes in the initiation and progression of epilepsy

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  • Tumor necrosis factor-α inhibits seizures in mice via p75 receptors

    Silvia Balosso;Teresa Ravizza;Carlo Perego;Jacques Peschon

  • Inflammation and prevention of epileptogenesis.

    Teresa Ravizza;Silvia Balosso;Annamaria Vezzani

Frequent Co-Authors

Annamaria Vezzani
Annamaria Vezzani Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Eleonora Aronica
Eleonora Aronica University of Amsterdam
Alon Friedman
Alon Friedman Dalhousie University
Solomon L. Moshé
Solomon L. Moshé Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Aristea S. Galanopoulou
Aristea S. Galanopoulou Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Nicola Marchi
Nicola Marchi Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Albert J. Becker
Albert J. Becker University Hospital Bonn
Asla Pitkänen
Asla Pitkänen University of Eastern Finland
Jana Velíšková
Jana Velíšková New York Medical College
Sanjay M. Sisodiya
Sanjay M. Sisodiya University College London

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