Carmignoto Piergiorgio
Director of research
Department of Neuroscience
Institute of Neuroscience Italy
Italy
Biography
Carmignoto Piergiorgio, Director of research is currently working in the department of Neuroscience, in the Institute of Neuroscience Italy and He done research in Reciprocal interactions between astrocytes and neurons in brain physiology and pathology.
Research Interest
1. Astrocytes favor seneration. 2. Fast spiking GABAergic interneurons shape focal seizure propagation.
Publications
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Cammarota M., Losi G., Chiavegato A., Zonta M. and Carmignoto G. (2013). Fast spiking interneuron control of seizure propagation in a cortical slice model of focal epilepsy. The Journal of Physiology 591, 807-822."
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Crunelli V, Carmignoto G. (2013). New vistas on astroglia in convulsive and non-convulsive epilepsy highlight novel astrocytic target for treatment. The Journal of Physiology 591, 775-785.
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Araque, A, Carmignoto G., Haydon P.G., Oliet S.H.R., Robitaille R., Volterra A. (2014). Gliotransmitters Travel in Time and Space. Neuron 81, 728-239.
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"Crunelli V., Carmignoto G. and Steinhauser C. (2014). Novel astrocytic targets provide new avenues for therapeutic treatment of epilepsy. The Neuroscientists DOI: 10.1177/1073858414523320
