Education
Bachelor in Biomedical Science and Technology at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” (108/110), Italy, 2003
Work experience
Research Technician, Dept. of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
Publications
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Ofengeim, D., Chen, Y. B., Miyawaki, T., Li, H., Sacchetti, S., Flannery, R. J., Alavian, K. N., Pontarelli, F., Roelofs, B. A., Hickman, J. A., Hardwick, J. M., Zukin, R. S. and Jonas, E. A. (2012). N-terminally cleaved Bcl-xL mediates ischemia-induced neuronal death. Nat Neurosci 15(4): 574-580.
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Giorgi, F. S., Pizzanelli, C., Ferrucci, M., Lazzeri, G., Faetti, M., Giusiani, M., Pontarelli, F., Busceti, C. L., Murri, L. and Fornai, F. (2005). Previous exposure to (+/-) 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine produces long-lasting alteration in limbic brain excitability measured by electroencephalogram spectrum analysis, brain metabolism and seizure susceptibility. Neuroscience 136(1): 43-53.
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Fornai, F., Schluter, O. M., Lenzi, P., Gesi, M., Ruffoli, R., Ferrucci, M., Lazzeri, G., Busceti, C. L., Pontarelli, F., Battaglia, G., Pellegrini, A., Nicoletti, F., Ruggieri, S., Paparelli, A. and Sudhof, T. C. (2005). Parkinson-like syndrome induced by continuous MPTP infusion: convergent roles of the ubiquitin-proteasome system and alpha-synuclein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102(9): 3413-3418.
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Cappuccio, I., Calderone, A., Busceti, C. L., Biagioni, F., Pontarelli, F., Bruno, V., Storto, M., Terstappen, G. T., Gaviraghi, G., Fornai, F., Battaglia, G., Melchiorri, D., Zukin, R. S., Nicoletti, F. and Caricasole, A. (2005). Induction of Dickkopf-1, a negative modulator of the Wnt pathway, is required for the development of ischemic neuronal death. J Neurosci 25(10): 2647-2657.
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Battaglia, G., Busceti, C. L., Pontarelli, F., Biagioni, F., Fornai, F., Paparelli, A., Bruno, V., Ruggieri, S. and Nicoletti, F. (2003). Protective role of group-II metabotropic glutamate receptors against nigro-striatal degeneration induced by 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine in mice. Neuropharmacology 45(2): 155-166.