Anna Maria Pugliese

Biography

Anna Maria Pugliese has attended the Degree in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Florence since 1978. She has been an undergraduate student at the Department of Preclinical and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Florence, in the Neuropharmacology Unit since 1984 and has graduated in 1986 with an experimental thesis titled "Effect of gangliosides on the release of acetylcholine from the cerebral cortex into rats with lesions of the basal magnocellular nucleus". In 1986 he obtained the qualification for the profession of Doctor Surgeon. Also in 1986 she entered the School of Specialization in Clinical Pharmacology (4 years). During this period he continued to carry out research at the Department of Pharmacology. From November 1986 he attended the Molecular Biology Lab, Institute of General Pathology, University of Florence for six months. From 1988 to 1990 he was a fellow GESCO (Italian Consortium Tecnologie eFarmaci e invecchiamento). In 1990 he received his specialization in Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Florence with the highest marks and praise (70/70 and praise). Title of the thesis: "Pharmacological modulation of hippocampal neurotransmission in CA1 region". In 1995 he obtained his Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence (VI cycle). Title of thesis: "Pharmacological modulation of hippocampal neurotransmission: electrophysiological study" in vitro ". From 1995 to the end of 1996 she has been awarded a research contract under the National Pharmacy Fund (Pharmacia-Upjohn Funds). In the period 1997-98 she took advantage of the MAUR Pharmacy Doctoral Program in Pharmacology at the Department of Pharmacology. She has held a Research Check (from 1-3-99 to 31-8-00) at the Department of Preclinical and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Florence. In September 2000 he became a researcher at the Faculty of Physical and Natural Sciences of the University of Florence. He is author of more than 40 publications on indexed international journals, 12 publications on reviews, books and monographs. His research activity is documented by his participation in more than 60 national and international congresses.

Research Interest

Pharmacology