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Tiziana Rubino

Tiziana Rubino

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10313
World Ranking
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Overview

Tiziana Rubino is a researcher affiliated with the University of Insubria in Italy. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with specific contributions to Pharmacology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Their research interests extend into subfields such as Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Biological Psychiatry.

The main topics explored in Rubino's body of work include Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Tryptophan and brain disorders, Pancreatic function and diabetes, Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, and Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects.

Rubino has published extensively, with frequent appearances in journals such as Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Neuroscience Applied, Brain Research Bulletin, Translational Psychiatry, and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Significant recent papers include:

  • Adolescent drug exposure: A review of evidence for the development of persistent changes in brain function (2020, Brain Research Bulletin)
  • Long-Term Consequences of Adolescent Exposure to THC-Rich/CBD-Poor and CBD-Rich/THC-Poor Combinations: A Comparison with Pure THC Treatment in Female Rats (2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Neurobiological mechanisms underlying cannabis-induced memory impairment (2020, European Neuropsychopharmacology)
  • Therapeutic potential of cannabidivarin for epilepsy and autism spectrum disorder (2021, Pharmacology & Therapeutics)
  • Termination of acute stress response by the endocannabinoid system is regulated through lysine-specific demethylase 1-mediated transcriptional repression of 2-AG hydrolases ABHD6 and MAGL (2020, Journal of Neurochemistry)

Frequent collaborators include Erica Zamberletti, Marina Gabaglio, Daniela Parolaro, Cristina Manenti, and Michele Santoni, demonstrating ongoing cooperative research relationships.

Best Publications

  • Cannabinoids mediate analgesia largely via peripheral type 1 cannabinoid receptors in nociceptors

    Nitin Agarwal;Pal Pacher;Irmgard Tegeder;Fumimasa Amaya

  • Pharmacologic Rescue of Impaired Cognitive Flexibility, Social Deficits, Increased Aggression, and Seizure Susceptibility in Oxytocin Receptor Null Mice: A Neurobehavioral Model of Autism

    Mariaelvina Sala;Daniela Braida;Daniela Lentini;Marta Busnelli

  • Chronic delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol during adolescence provokes sex-dependent changes in the emotional profile in adult rats: behavioral and biochemical correlates.

    Tiziana Rubino;Daniela Vigano;Natalia Realini;Cinzia Guidali

  • Changes in hippocampal morphology and neuroplasticity induced by adolescent THC treatment are associated with cognitive impairment in adulthood.

    Tiziana Rubino;Natalia Realini;Daniela Braida;Sandra Guidi

  • Adolescent cannabis use and psychosis: epidemiology and neurodevelopmental models

    Daniel Thomas Malone;Matthew N Hill;Tiziana Rubino

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

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

  • CB1 receptor stimulation in specific brain areas differently modulate anxiety-related behaviour.

    T. Rubino;C. Guidali;D. Vigano;N. Realini

  • Cannabidiol inhibits human glioma cell migration through a cannabinoid receptor-independent mechanism.

    Angelo Vaccani;Paola Massi;Arianna Colombo;Tiziana Rubino

  • Adolescent exposure to THC in female rats disrupts developmental changes in the prefrontal cortex

    Tiziana Rubino;Pamela Prini;Fabiana Piscitelli;Erica Zamberletti

  • Long lasting consequences of cannabis exposure in adolescence.

    T. Rubino;D. Parolaro

  • Adolescent exposure to cannabis as a risk factor for psychiatric disorders

    Tiziana Rubino;Erica Zamberletti;Daniela Parolaro

  • The endocannabinoid system and psychiatric disorders.

    Daniela Parolaro;Natalia Realini;Daniela Vigano;Cinzia Guidali

  • The Impact of Exposure to Cannabinoids in Adolescence: Insights From Animal Models.

    Tiziana Rubino;Daniela Parolaro

  • Molecular and cellular basis of cannabinoid and opioid interactions.

    Daniela Viganò;Tiziana Rubino;Daniela Parolaro

  • Potential anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects of salvinorin A, the main active ingredient of Salvia divinorum, in rodents.

    Daniela Braida;Valeria Capurro;Alessia Zani;Tiziana Rubino

  • Chronic URB597 treatment at adulthood reverted most depressive-like symptoms induced by adolescent exposure to THC in female rats.

    N. Realini;D. Vigano;C. Guidali;E. Zamberletti

  • Cannabidiol, a Non-Psychoactive Cannabinoid Compound, Inhibits Proliferation and Invasion in U87-MG and T98G Glioma Cells through a Multitarget Effect

    Marta Solinas;Paola Massi;Valentina Cinquina;Marta Valenti

  • Endocannabinoids in the immune system and cancer.

    Daniela Parolaro;P Massi;T Rubino;E Monti

  • Alterations of prefrontal cortex GABAergic transmission in the complex psychotic-like phenotype induced by adolescent delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure in rats.

    Erica Zamberletti;Sarah Beggiato;Luca Steardo;Pamela Prini

  • Cellular mechanisms underlying the anxiolytic effect of low doses of peripheral Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol in rats.

    Tiziana Rubino;Mariaelvina Sala;Daniela Viganò;Daniela Braida

  • Differential diurnal variations of anandamide and 2-arachidonoyl-glycerol levels in rat brain.

    M. Valenti;D. Viganò;M. G. Casico;T. Rubino

  • The depressive phenotype induced in adult female rats by adolescent exposure to THC is associated with cognitive impairment and altered neuroplasticity in the prefrontal cortex.

    T. Rubino;N. Realini;D. Braida;T. Alberio

  • Gender-dependent behavioral and biochemical effects of adolescent delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in adult maternally deprived rats

    Erica Zamberletti;Pamela Prini;Simona Speziali;M Gabaglio

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniela Braida
Daniela Braida University of Milan
Mariaelvina Sala
Mariaelvina Sala University of Milan
Walter Fratta
Walter Fratta University of Cagliari
Miriam Melis
Miriam Melis University of Cagliari
Rohini Kuner
Rohini Kuner Heidelberg University
Matthew N. Hill
Matthew N. Hill University of Calgary
Ken Mackie
Ken Mackie Indiana University
Liana Fattore
Liana Fattore National Research Council (CNR)
Jennifer L. Whistler
Jennifer L. Whistler University of California, San Francisco
Giovanni Laviola
Giovanni Laviola Istituto Superiore di Sanità

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