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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