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- Tang, B., Wang, T., Wan, H., Han, L., Qin, X., Zhang, Y., Wang, J., Yu, C., Berton, F., Francesconi, W., Yates III, J. R., Vanderklish, P. W., et al. Fmr1 deficiency promotes age-dependent alterations in the cortical synaptic proteome Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2015 112:E4697-E4706 DOI:10.1073/pnas.1502258112 PMID:26307763 PMCID:PMC4553823
- Szucs, A., Berton, F., Sanna, P. P., Francesconi, W. Excitability of jcBNST neurons is reduced in alcohol-dependent animals during protracted alcohol withdrawal PLoS One 2012 7:e42313 DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0042313 PMID:22927925 PMCID:PMC3424185
- Szucs, A., Berton, F., Nowotny, T., Sanna, P., Francesconi, W. Consistency and diversity of spike dynamics in the neurons of bed nucleus of stria terminalis of the rat: a dynamic clamp study PLoS One 2010 5:e11920 DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0011920 PMID:20689810 PMCID:PMC2914744
- Repunte-Canonigo, V., Berton, F., Cottone, P., Reifel-Miller, A., Roberts, A. J., Morales, M., Francesconi, W., Sanna, P. P. A potential role for adiponectin receptor 2 (AdipoR2) in the regulation of alcohol intake Brain Research 2010 1339:11-17 DOI:10.1016/j.brainres.2010.03.060 PMID:20380822 PMCID:PMC2906226
- Francesconi, W., Berton, F., Koob, G. F., Sanna, P. P. Intrinsic neuronal plasticity in the juxtacapsular nucleus of the bed nuclei of the stria terminalis (jcBNST) Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 2009 33:1347-1355 DOI:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2009.08.003 PMID:19683025 PMCID:PMC2935256
- Francesconi, W., Berton, F., Repunte-Canonigo, V., Hagihara, K., Thurbon, D., Lekic, D., Specio, S. E., Greenwell, T. N., Chen, S. A., Rice, K. C., Richardson, H. N., O'Dell, L. E., et al. Protracted withdrawal from alcohol and drugs of abuse impairs long-term potentiation of intrinsic excitability in the juxtacapsular bed nucleus of the stria terminalis Journal of Neuroscience 2009 29:5389-5401 DOI:10.1523/jneurosci.5129-08.2009 PMID:19403807 PMCID:PMC2938175
- Cammalleri, M., Lutjens, R., Berton, F., King, A. R., Simpson, C., Francesconi, W., Sanna, P. P. Time-restricted role for dendritic activation of the mTOR-p70S6K pathway in the induction of late-phase long-term potentiation in the CA1 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2003 100:14368-14373 DOI:10.1073/pnas.2336098100 PMID:14623952 PMCID:PMC283598
- Cammalleri, M., Brancucci, A., Berton, F., Loche, A., Gessa, G., Francesconi, W. Gamma-hydroxybutyrate reduces gaba(a)-mediated inhibitory postsynaptic potentials in the ca1 region of hippocampus Neuropsychopharmacology 2002 27:960-969 DOI:10.1016/s0893-133x(02)00378-0 PMID:12464
- Sanna, P. P., Cammalleri, M., Berton, F., Simpson, C., Lutjens, R., Bloom, F. E., Francesconi, W. Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase is required for the expression but not for the induction or the maintenance of long-term potentiation in the hippocampal CA1 region Journal of Neuroscience 2002 22:3359-3365 PMID:11978812
- Sanna, P. P., Berton, F., Cammalleri, M., Tallent, M. K., Siggins, G. R., Bloom, F. E., Francesconi, W. A role for Src kinase in spontaneous epileptiform activity in the CA3 region of the hippocampus Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2000 97:8653-8657 DOI:10.1073/pnas.140219097 PMID:10890901 PMCID:PMC27003
- Berton, F., Brancucci, A., Beghe, F., Cammalleri, M., Demuro, A., Francesconi, W., Gessa, G. Gamma-hydroxybutyrate inhibits excitatory postsynaptic potentials in rat hippocampal slices European Journal of Pharmacology 1999 380:109-116 DOI:10.1016/s0014-2999(99)00515-4 PMID:10513569
- Berton, F., Francesconi, W. G., Madamba, S. G., Zieglgansberger, W., Siggins, G. R. Acamprosate enhances N-methyl-D-apartate receptor-mediated neurotransmission but inhibits presynaptic GABA(B) receptors in nucleus accumbens neurons Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research 1998 22:183-191 DOI:10.1097/00000374-199802000-00025 PMID:9514305
- Demuro, A., Burgio, M., Berton, F., Francesconi, W., Bertucci, C. Allosteric modulation by single enantiomers of c3-chiral 1,4-benzodiazepine of the gamma aminobutyric acid type a receptor channel expressed in xenopus oocytes Chirality 1997 9:286-290 DOI:10.1002/(sici)1520-636x(1997)9:3<286::aid-chir14>3.3.co;2-u PMID:9176994
- Francesconi, W., Berton, F., Demuro, A., Madamba, S. G., Siggins, G. R. Naloxone blocks long-term depression of excitatory transmission in rat ca1 hippocampus in vitro Archives Italiennes de Biologie 1997 135:37-48 PMID:9139581
- Wan, F. J., Berton, F., Madamba, S. G., Francesconi, W., Siggins, G. R. Low ethanol concentrations enhance gabaergic inhibitory postsynaptic potentials in hippocampal pyramidal neurons only after block of gaba(b) receptors Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1996 93:5049-5054 DOI:10.1073/pnas.93.10.5049 PMID:8643527
- Rossi, B., Vista, M., Farnetani, W., Gabrielli, L., Vignocchi, G., Bianchi, F., Berton, F., Francesconi, W. Modulation of electrically elicited blink reflex components by visual and acoustic prestimuli in man International Journal of Psychophysiology 1995 20:177-187 DOI:10.1016/0167-8760(95)00035-6 PMID:8788220
- Capogna, M., Berretta, N., Berton, F., Bianchi, R., Brunelli, M., Francesconi, W. The beta-carboline derivative dmcm decreases gamma-aminobutyric-acid responses and ca2+-mediated k+-conductance in rat neocortical neurons in-vitro Neuropharmacology 1994 33:875-883 DOI:10.1016/0028-3908(94)90185-6 PMID:7969808
- Berretta, N., Berton, F., Bianchi, R., Brunelli, M., Capogna, M., Francesconi, W. Long-term potentiation of nmda receptor-mediated epsp in guinea-pig hippocampal slices European Journal of Neuroscience 1991 3:850-854 DOI:10.1111/j.1460-9568.1991.tb00096.x PMID:12106451
- Sidorov, B. M., Francesconi, W., Berton, F. Abnormal neuronal excitability in rat hippocampal slices after chronic lesion of medial septal area Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni I P Pavlova 1991 41:131-138 PMID:1647580
- Berretta, N., Berton, F., Bianchi, R., Capogna, M., Francesconi, W., Brunelli, M. Effects of dopamine, d-1-dopaminergic and d-2-dopaminergic agonists on the excitability of hippocampal ca1 pyramidal cells in guinea-pig Experimental Brain Research 1990 83:124-130 PMID:1981561