From 2008 on, we will announce publications by EMMA's people. Announcement will be made through the "ongoing activity" page first. After a while, the full reference will be reported below. Full text of all papers will be available to download for free.

 Audero E, Coppi E, Mlinar B, Rossetti T, Caprioli A, Banchaabouchi MA, Corradetti R, Gross C. (2008) Sporadic autonomic dysregulation and death associated with excessive serotonin autoinhibition.  Science.  321(5885): 130-133.

There is some very interesting news: we describe the enduring consequences of methylphenidate (Ritalin) exposure in adolescent rats, and the role of serotonin receptor 7 in impulsivity. There will be an invited oral talk to ADHD 2009 (Vienna, Austria), and the paper (on Genes Brain and Behavior, 2009) is available now for download. Here are other recent papers from EMMA's people on the ADHD issue...

   Adriani W, Canese R, Podo F, Laviola G (2007) 1H MRS-detectable metabolic brain changes and reduced impulsive behavior in adult rats exposed to methylphenidate during adolescence. Neurotoxicology and Teratology 29: 116-125. Download here. See presentation to FENS 2006

   Adriani W, Leo D, Guarino M, Natoli A, Di Consiglio E, De Angelis G, Traina E, Testai E, Perrone-Capano C, Laviola G (2006) Short-term effects of adolescent methylphenidate exposure on brain striatal gene expression and sexual/endocrine parameters in male rats. Annals NY Acad Sci 1074: 52-73. Download here.

   Adriani W, Leo D, Greco D, Rea M, Di Porzio U, Laviola G, Perrone-Capano C (2006) Methylphenidate administration to adolescent rats determines plastic changes on reward-related behavior and striatal gene expression. Neuropsychopharmacology 31: 1946–1956. Download here.

 Ognibene E, Bovicelli P, Adriani W, Caprioli A, Saso L, Laviola G (2007) Behavioral effects of 6-bromoflavanone and 5-methoxy-6,8-dibromoflavanone as anxiolytic compounds. Progress in Neuro-psycho-pharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 32: 128-134. Download here.   

 Marco EM, Adriani W, Canese R, Podo F, Viveros MP, Laviola G (2007) Enhancement of endo-cannabinoid signaling during adolescence : Modulation of impulsivity and long-term consequences on metabolic brain parameters in early maternally deprived rats. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 86: 334-345. Download here.

 Marco EM, Granstrem O, Moreno E, Llorente R, Adriani W, Laviola G, Viveros MP (2007). Exposure to subchronic nicotine treatment in adolescence induces long-term effects on hippocampal and striatal cannabinoid-CB1 and m-opioid receptors in rats. European Journal of Pharmacology 557: 37-43. Download here.

 Ognibene E, Adriani W, Caprioli A, Ghirardi O, Ali SF, Aloe L, Laviola G (2008) The effect of early maternal separation on brain derived neurotrophic factor and monoamine levels in adult heterozygous reeler mice. Progress in Neuro-psycho-pharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, in press. Download here the published paper (through ScienceDirect).