Gianluigi Forloni
Post doc
Department of Neruoscience
Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Italy
Biography
Gianluigi Forloni, Biol.Sci.D. Obtained the Degree of Biological Science at the University of Milan in 1985. After two years of post doc at the Department of Neuroscience and Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA, he came back to the Mario Negri Institute and between 1992 and 1995 he was the head of the Neurobiology of Alzheimer’s disease Unit; since 1996 he is the Head of the Biology of Neurodegenerative Diseases Lab and since 2002 the Head of the Neuroscience Department. He is President of the Italian Association on Brain Aging Research (AIRIC) and member of the European Academy of Sciences. He is the author of more than 280 peer-reviewed scientific articles and about 30 reviews or book chapters.
Research Interest
The research activities are to the study of neurological and psychiatric diseases, evaluated by the biological point of view, clinical and epidemiological aspects and the quality of care, Drug information service, preparation of clinical trial protocols and epidemiological studies are developed not only in the neurological field.
Publications
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Parabiaghi A, Tettamanti M, D’Avanzo B, Barbato A, GISAS Study Group Metabolic syndrome and drug discontinuation in schizophrenia: a randomized trial comparing aripiprazole olanzapine and haloperidol. Acta Psychiatr Scand 133: 63-75 (2016)
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Papa S, Caron I, Erba E, Panini N, De Paola M, Mariani Alessandro, Colombo C, Ferrari Raffaele, Pozzer D, Zanier E R, Pischiutta F, Lucchetti J, Bassi A, Valentini G, Simonutti G, Rossi F, Moscatelli D, Forloni G, Veglianese P Early modulation of pro-inflammatory microglia by minocycline loaded nanoparticles confers long lasting protection after spinal cord injury. Biomaterials 75: 13-24 (2016)
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Forloni G, Artuso V, La Vitola P, Balducci C. Oligomeropathies and pathogenesis of Alzheimer and Parkinson’s diseases. Mov Disord 31: 771-781 (2016)
