Lecca Salvatore
Faculty of Biology and Medicine
Department of Fundamental Neurosciences
University of Lausanne
Switzerland
Biography
Salvatore obtained a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Cagliari where he studied the midbrain reward circuits. He joined the Mameli lab in 2012 in Paris as a postdoc.
Research Interest
Interested and investigating the cellular mechanisms and the neural circuits underlying depressive phenotypes.
Publications
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Valentinova K, Tchenio A, Meye FJ, Lecca S, Mameli M. (2015) Hell after the pleasure: drug-induced negative symptoms involve lateral habenula. Medecine sciences: M/S. 31: 478.
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Lecca S, Pelosi A, Tchenio A, Moutkine I, Lujan R, et al., (2016). Rescue of GABAB and GIRK function in the lateral habenula by protein phosphatase 2A inhibition ameliorates depression-like phenotypes in mice. Nature medicine.22: 254.
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Lecca S, Trusel M, Mameli M. (2017) Footshockâ€induced plasticity of GABAB signalling in the lateral habenula requires dopamine and glucocorticoid receptors. Synapse. 71.
