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Effects of developmental exposure to bisphenol A on brain and behavior in micePaola Palanza
Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva e Funzionale, University of Parma, Viale Usberti 11A, 43100 Parma, Italy
Environ Res 108:150-7. 2008..These findings, together with those from other laboratories, are evidence of long-term consequences of maternal exposure to low-dose BPA at the level of neurobehavioral development...
Vulnerability to chronic subordination stress-induced depression-like disorders in adult 129SvEv male miceHarold Dadomo
Department of Evolutionary and Functional Biology, University of Parma, Italy
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 35:1461-71. 2011..Results demonstrated remarkable stress vulnerability and establish the validity to use this mouse strain as a model for depression-like disorders...
Metabolic consequences and vulnerability to diet-induced obesity in male mice under chronic social stressAlessandro Bartolomucci
Department of Evolutionary and Functional Biology, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
PLoS ONE 4:e4331. 2009..Overall this study demonstrates that pre-clinical animal models offer a suitable tool for the investigation of the metabolic consequences of chronic stress exposure and associated psychopathologies...
Developmental exposure to low-dose estrogenic endocrine disruptors alters sex differences in exploration and emotional responses in miceLaura Gioiosa
Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva e Funzionale, Universita di Parma, Viale Usberti 11A, 43100 Parma, Italy
Horm Behav 52:307-16. 2007....
Sildenafil counteracts the inhibitory effect of social subordination on competitive aggression and sexual motivation in male miceHarold Dadomo
Department of Evolutionary and Functional Biology, University of Parma, V le G P Usberti 11A, 43124 Parma, Italy
Behav Brain Res 216:193-9. 2011..Overall our data suggests that sildenafil could be acting in the central nervous system to modulate sexual and agonistic motivation...
Personality traits and endocrine response as possible asymmetry factors of agonistic outcome in karate athletesStefano Parmigiani
Department of Evolutionary and Functional Biology, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Aggress Behav 35:324-33. 2009....
Increased vulnerability to psychosocial stress in heterozygous serotonin transporter knockout miceAlessandro Bartolomucci
Department of Evolutionary and Functional Biology, University of Parma, Viale G P Usberti 11A, Parma, Italy
Dis Model Mech 3:459-70. 2010....
Social factors and individual vulnerability to chronic stress exposureAlessandro Bartolomucci
Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva e Funzionale, Universita di Parma, Parma, Italy
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 29:67-81. 2005....
Behavioral and physiological characterization of male mice under chronic psychosocial stressAlessandro Bartolomucci
Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva e Funzionale, Universita di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 11A, 43100 Parma, Italy
Psychoneuroendocrinology 29:899-910. 2004..Our model could, thus, be regarded as a valid model to investigate the biological basis of the individual differences in the response to stressful events...
Chronic psychosocial stress down-regulates central cytokines mRNAAlessandro Bartolomucci
Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva e Funzionale, Universita di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 11 A, 43100, Parma, Italy
Brain Res Bull 62:173-8. 2003..These findings may open new perspectives for understanding the pathophysiological basis of chronic stress-induced disorders...
Chronic psychosocial stress persistently alters autonomic function and physical activity in miceAlessandro Bartolomucci
Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva e Funzionale, Universita di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 11A, 43100, Parma, Italy
Physiol Behav 80:57-67. 2003..No correlation emerged between the acute and the long-term autonomic responses. These results highlight the existence of a sustained autonomic activation under chronic stress, which was also affected by mice social status...
Chronic psychosocial stress-induced down-regulation of immunity depends upon individual factorsAlessandro Bartolomucci
Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva e Funzionale, Universita di Parma, 43100 Parma, Italy
J Neuroimmunol 141:58-64. 2003..RD and InD showed lower IgG while InS showed no immune alteration. In conclusion, loss of resources could be a key factor in determining individual vulnerability to stressful events...
An efficient and reproducible method for transformation of genetically recalcitrant bifidobacteriaFausta Serafini
Laboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Genetics, Biology of Microorganisms, Anthropology and Evolution, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
FEMS Microbiol Lett 333:146-52. 2012..Furthermore, the transformation protocol was applied in order to design a PRL2010-derivative, which carries antibiotic resistance against chloramphenicol and which was used to monitor PRL2010 colonization in a murine model...
Serotonin and aggressive behavior in rodents and nonhuman primates: predispositions and plasticityPier Francesco Ferrari
Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Universita di Parma, Via Volturno 39, 43100 Parma, Italy
Eur J Pharmacol 526:259-73. 2005....
Age at group formation alters behavior and physiology in male but not female CD-1 miceAlessandro Bartolomucci
Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva e Funzionale, Universita di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 11A, 43100, Italy
Physiol Behav 82:425-34. 2004..In conclusion, it is clear that mixing groups at different ages has profound effects on mouse behavior and physiology...
D-amphetamine-related reinforcing effects are reduced in mice exposed prenatally to estrogenic endocrine disruptorsGiovanni Laviola
Section of Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena, 299 I 00161 Roma, Italy
Brain Res Bull 65:235-40. 2005..These data confirm that exposure to weak environmental estrogens in the period of brain sexual differentiation can influence adult behavior...
Intrauterine position has long-term influence on brain mu-opioid receptor density and behaviour in miceSara Morley-Fletcher
Section of Behavioural Pathophysiology, Labor. F.O.S, Istituto Superiore di Sanit, Viale Regina Elena, 299 00161 Rome, Italy
Psychoneuroendocrinology 28:386-400. 2003....
