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RESEARCH INTERESTS • Botulinum neurotoxins • Development and plasticity of the visual system • Epilepsy • Repair of the diseased central nervous system
PUBLICATIONS M. Caleo and G. Schiavo (2009) Central effects of tetanus and botulinum neurotoxins. Toxicon (in press). M. Caleo, F. Antonucci, L. Restani and R. Mazzocchio (2009) A reappraisal of the central effects of botulinum neurotoxin type A: by what mechanism? J. Neurochem. 109: 15-24. F. Antonucci, Y. Bozzi and M. Caleo (2009) Intrahippocampal infusion of botulinum neurotoxin E (BoNT/E) reduces spontaneous recurrent seizures in a mouse model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia 50: 963-966. M. Caleo, D. Tropea, C. Rossi, L. Gianfranceschi and L. Maffei (2009) Environmental enrichment promotes fiber sprouting after deafferentation of the superior colliculus in the adult rat brain. Exp. Neurol. 216: 515-519. F. Antonucci, C. Rossi, L. Gianfranceschi, O. Rossetto and M. Caleo (2008) Long-distance retrograde effects of botulinum neurotoxin A. J. Neurosci. 28: 3689-3696. F. Antonucci, A. Di Garbo, E. Novelli, I. Manno, F. Sartucci, Y. Bozzi and M. Caleo (2008) Botulinum neurotoxin E (BoNT/E) reduces CA1 neuron loss and granule cell dispersion, with no effects on chronic seizures, in a mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Exp. Neurol. 210: 388-401. Y. Bozzi, A. Vezzani, M. Simonato, M. de Curtis, G. Avanzini and M. Caleo (2008) Fourth Conference on Epileptogenesis, May 23-26, 2007, Pisa, Italy. Epilepsia 49: 929-934. M. Caleo, L. Restani, L. Gianfranceschi, L. Costantin, C. Rossi, O. Rossetto, C. Montecucco and L. Maffei (2007) Transient synaptic silencing of developing striate cortex has persistent effects on visual function and plasticity. J. Neurosci. 27: 4530-40. V. Resta, E. Novelli, G. Vozzi, C. Scarpa, M. Caleo, A. Ahluwalia, A. Solini, E. Santini, V. Parisi, F. Di Virgilio and L. Galli-Resta (2007) Acute retinal ganglion cell injury caused by intraocular pressure spikes is mediated by endogenous extracellular ATP. Eur. J. Neurosci. 25: 2741-2754. I. Manno, F. Antonucci, M. Caleo and Y. Bozzi (2007) BoNT/E prevents seizure-induced activation of caspase-3 in the rat hippocampus. Neuroreport 18: 577-580. C. Rossi, A. Angelucci, L. Costantin, C. Braschi, M. Mazzantini, F. Babbini, M.E. Fabbri, L. Tessarollo, L. Maffei, N. Berardi and M. Caleo (2006) Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) mediates the enhancement of hippocampal neurogenesis following environmental enrichment. Eur. J. Neurosci 24: 1850-1856. Y. Bozzi, L. Costantin, F. Antonucci and M. Caleo (2006) Action of botulinum neurotoxins in the central nervous system: antiepileptic effects. Neurotox. Res. 9: 197-203. G. Mandolesi, E. Menna, A. Harauzov A, C.S. von Bartheld, M. Caleo and L. Maffei (2005) A role for retinal brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in ocular dominance plasticity. Curr. Biol. 15: 2119-2124. L. Costantin, Y. Bozzi, C. Richichi, A. Viegi, F. Antonucci, M. Funicello, M. Gobbi, T. Mennini, O. Rossetto, C. Montecucco, L. Maffei, A. Vezzani and M. Caleo (2005) Antiepileptic effects of botulinum neurotoxin E (BoNT/E). J. Neurosci. 25: 1943-1951. M. Caleo and M.C. Cenni (2004) Anterograde transport of neurotrophic factors: possible therapeutic implications. Mol. Neurobiol. 29: 179-196. D. Tropea, M. Caleo and L. Maffei (2003) Synergistic effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and chondroitinase ABC on retinal fiber sprouting after denervation of the superior colliculus in adult rats. J. Neurosci. 23: 7034-7044. M. Caleo, P. Medini, C.S. von Bartheld and L. Maffei (2003) Provision of brain-derived neurotrophic factor via anterograde transport from the eye preserves the physiological responses of axotomized geniculate neurons. J. Neurosci. 23: 287-296. M. Caleo, M.C. Cenni, M. Costa, E. Menna, L. Zentilin, S. Giadrossi, M. Giacca and L. Maffei (2002) Expression of Bcl-2 via adeno-associated virus vectors rescues thalamic neurons after visual cortex lesion in the adult rat. Eur. J. Neurosci. 15: 1271-1277. M. Caleo and L. Maffei (2002) Neurotrophins and plasticity in the visual cortex. Neuroscientist 8: 52-61. A. Mazzatenta, M. Caleo, N.E. Baldaccini and L. Maffei (2001) A comparative morphometric analysis of the optic nerve in two cetacean species, S. coeruleoalba and B. physalus. Vis. Neurosci. 18: 319-325. M. Caleo, E. Menna, S. Chierzi, M.C. Cenni and L. Maffei (2000) Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is an anterograde survival factor in the rat visual system. Curr. Biol. 10: 1155-1161. N. Berardi, C. Lodovichi, M. Caleo, T. Pizzorusso and L. Maffei (1999) Role of neurotrophins in neural plasticity: what we learn from the visual cortex. Restor. Neurol. Neurosci. 15: 125-136. M. Caleo, C. Lodovichi and L. Maffei (1999) Effects of nerve growth factor on visual cortical plasticity require afferent electrical activity. Eur. J. Neurosci. 11: 2979-2984. M. Caleo, C. Lodovichi, T. Pizzorusso and L. Maffei (1999) Expression of the transcription factor Zif268 in the visual cortex of monocularly deprived rats: effects of nerve growth factor. Neuroscience 91: 1017-1026. M. Fagiolini, M. Caleo, E. Strettoi and L. Maffei (1997) Axonal transport blockade in the neonatal optic nerve induces limited retinal ganglion cell death. J. Neurosci. 17: 7045-7052. M. Caleo (1996) Different rates of horseradish peroxidase transport in the optic nerve of neonatal and adult rats. Neuroscience 72: 725-730.
COLLABORATIONS • Ornella Rossetto and Cesare Montecucco, University of Padua, Italy • Yuri Bozzi, Center for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Italy • Michela Matteoli and Claudia Verderio, University of Milan, Italy • Giampietro Schiavo, London Research Institute, London, UK • Magdalena Götz, Helmholtz Zentrum, Munich, Germany • Ed Conway, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, The Netherlands
CORSO DI "SVILUPPO E DIFFERENZIAMENTO DEL SISTEMA NERVOSO", UNIVERSITA' DI PISA Please find below the pdf files of the lectures given during year 2009.
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