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  1. Molecular Characterization of Oxaliplatin‐Induced Peripheral Neurotoxicity: The Complex Spectrum of Painful Manifestations

    Article • Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System, November 2025, Wiley

    Dr. Paola Alberti, MARINA QUARTU

  2. Kaempferol Regulates Lipid Homeostasis, Endocannabinoid System, and PPARα in Rat Cerebral Cortex Following BCCAO/R

    Article • Biomolecules, October 2025, MDPI AG

    MARINA QUARTU

  3. Neonatal Handling Positively Modulates Anxiety, Sensorimotor Gating, Working Memory, and Cortico-Hippocampal Neuroplastic Adaptations in Two Genetically Selected Rat Strains Differing in Emotional and Cognitive Traits

    Article • Brain Sciences, July 2025, MDPI AG

    MARINA QUARTU

  4. The replication principle revisited: a shared functional organization between pulvinar-cortical and cortico-cortical connectivity and its structural and molecular imaging correlates

    Article • May 2025, eLife

    MARINA QUARTU

  5. Acute stress induces different changes on the expression of CB1 receptors in the hippocampus of two lines of male rats differing in their response to stressors

    Article • Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, December 2024, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  6. Evidence for enduring cardiac and multiorgan toxicity after repeated exposure to the synthetic cannabinoid JWH-018 in male rats

    Article • Toxicology, September 2024, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  7. Mixing energy drinks and alcohol during adolescence impairs brain function: A study of rat hippocampal plasticity

    Article • Neuropharmacology, August 2024, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  8. The human major sublingual gland and its neuropeptidergic and nitrergic innervations

    Article • Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger, August 2024, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  9. The replication principle revisited: a shared functional organization between pulvinar-cortical and cortico-cortical connectivity and its structural and molecular imaging correlates

    Article • July 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    MARINA QUARTU

  10. Binge-like administration of alcohol mixed to energy drinks to male adolescent rats severely impacts on mesocortical dopaminergic function in adulthood: A behavioral, neurochemical and electrophysiological study

    Article • Neuropharmacology, February 2024, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  11. Multi-Organ Morphological Findings in a Humanized Murine Model of Sickle Cell Trait

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, June 2023, MDPI AG

    MARINA QUARTU

  12. Effects of Tail Pinch on BDNF and trkB Expression in the Hippocampus of Roman Low- (RLA) and High-Avoidance (RHA) Rats

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, May 2023, MDPI AG

    MARINA QUARTU

  13. Acute Stress Induces Different Changes on the Expression of BDNF and trkB in the Mesocorticolimbic System of Two Lines of Rats Differing in Their Response to Stressors

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, November 2022, MDPI AG

    MARINA QUARTU

  14. The density of hepatic autonomic innervation differs between compensatory and direct hyperplasia rat models

    Article • Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System, November 2022, Wiley

    MARINA QUARTU

  15. In vivo probabilistic atlas of white matter tracts of the human subthalamic area combining track density imaging and optimized diffusion tractography

    Article • Brain Structure and Function, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    MARINA QUARTU

  16. Neuroplastic changes in c‐Fos , ΔFosB , BDNF , trkB , and Arc expression in the hippocampus of male Roman rats: ...

    Article • Hippocampus, June 2022, Wiley

    MARINA QUARTU

  17. Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Beta-Caryophyllene Mediated by the Involvement of TRPV1, BDNF and trkB in the Rat Cerebral Cortex after Hypoperfusion/Reperfusion

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, March 2022, MDPI AG

    MARINA QUARTU

  18. Cynarin blocks Ebola virus replication by counteracting VP35 inhibition of interferon-beta production

    Article • Antiviral Research, February 2022, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  19. INMI1 Zika Virus NS4B Antagonizes the Interferon Signaling by Suppressing STAT1 Phosphorylation

    Article • Viruses, December 2021, MDPI AG

    MARINA QUARTU

  20. Cannabinoids: an Effective Treatment for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neurotoxicity?

    Article • Neurotherapeutics, October 2021, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  21. Zika virus NS2A inhibits interferon signaling by degradation of STAT1 and STAT2

    Article • Virulence, August 2021, Taylor & Francis

    MARINA QUARTU

  22. Leaves and Fruits Preparations of Pistacia lentiscus L.: A Review on the Ethnopharmacological Uses and Implications in Inflammation and Infection

    Article • Antibiotics, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Barbora Szotakova, MARINA QUARTU

  23. <em>Pistacia lentiscus</em>: From Phytopharmacology to Scientific Explanations on Its Anti-Inflammatory and Antimicrobial Capacity

    Article • February 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Barbora Szotakova, MARINA QUARTU

  24. Red nucleus structure and function: from anatomy to clinical neurosciences

    Article • Brain Structure and Function, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    MARINA QUARTU

  25. Quercetin Blocks Ebola Virus Infection by Counteracting the VP24 Interferon-Inhibitory Function

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, June 2020, ASM Journals

    MARINA QUARTU

  26. Altered Sexual Behavior in Dopamine Transporter (DAT) Knockout Male Rats: A Behavioral, Neurochemical and Intracerebral Microdialysis Study

    Article • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, April 2020, Frontiers

    MARINA QUARTU

  27. Tyrosine-hydroxylase, dopamine β-hydroxylase and choline acetyltransferase-like immunoreactive fibres in the human major sublingual gland

    Article • Archives of Oral Biology, January 2020, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  28. Case report of sudden death after a gunshot wound to the C2 vertebral bone without direct spinal cord injury: Histopathological analysis of spinal-medullary junction

    Article • Forensic Science International, August 2019, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  29. Resveratrol Regulates BDNF, trkB, PSA-NCAM, and Arc Expression in the Rat Cerebral Cortex after Bilateral Common Carotid Artery Occlusion and Reperfusion

    Article • Nutrients, May 2019, MDPI AG

    MARINA QUARTU

  30. c-Fos, ΔFosB, BDNF, trkB and Arc Expression in the Limbic System of Male Roman High- and Low-Avoidance Rats that Show Differences in Sexual Behavior: Effect of Sexual Activity

    Article • Neuroscience, January 2019, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  31. Effect of Acute Stress on the Expression of BDNF, trkB, and PSA-NCAM in the Hippocampus of the Roman Rats: A Genetic Model of Vulnerability/Resistance to Stress-Induced Depression

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, November 2018, MDPI AG

    MARINA QUARTU

  32. High-dose intravenous immunoglobulins reduce nerve macrophage infiltration and the severity of bortezomib-induced peripheral neurotoxicity in rats

    Article • Journal of Neuroinflammation, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Paola Alberti, MARINA QUARTU

  33. TRPV1-Like Immunoreactivity in the Human Locus K, a Distinct Subregion of the Cuneate Nucleus

    Article • Cells, July 2018, MDPI AG

    MARINA QUARTU

  34. Acute administration of beta-caryophyllene prevents endocannabinoid system activation during transient common carotid artery occlusion and reperfusion

    Article • Lipids in Health and Disease, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    MARINA QUARTU

  35. Preventive Effects of Resveratrol on Endocannabinoid System and Synaptic Protein Modifications in Rat Cerebral Cortex Challenged by Bilateral Common Carotid Artery Occlusion and Reperfusion

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, January 2018, MDPI AG

    MARINA QUARTU

  36. Expression of BDNF and trkB in the hippocampus of a rat genetic model of vulnerability (Roman low-avoidance) and resistance (Roman high-avoidance) to stress-induced depression

    Article • Brain and Behavior, October 2017, Wiley

    MARINA QUARTU

  37. Trigeminal nerve stimulation induces Fos immunoreactivity in selected brain regions, increases hippocampal cell proliferation and reduces seizure severity in rats

    Article • Neuroscience, October 2017, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  38. Effects of Forced Swimming Stress on ERK and Histone H3 Phosphorylation in Limbic Areas of Roman High- and Low-Avoidance Rats

    Article • PLOS One, January 2017, PLOS

    MARINA QUARTU

  39. Involvement of the endocannabinoid system in the physiological response to transient common carotid artery occlusion and reperfusion

    Article • Lipids in Health and Disease, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    MARINA QUARTU

  40. TRPV1 receptor in the human trigeminal ganglion and spinal nucleus: immunohistochemical localization and comparison with the neuropeptidesCGRPandSP

    Article • Journal of Anatomy, July 2016, Wiley

    MARINA QUARTU

  41. A nutrient combination designed to enhance synapse formation and function improves outcome in experimental spinal cord injury

    Article • Neurobiology of Disease, October 2015, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  42. TRPV1, CGRP and SP in scalp arteries of patients suffering from chronic migraine

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, October 2014, BMJ

    MARINA QUARTU

  43. Diabetes causes morphological changes in human submandibular gland: a morphometric study

    Article • Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine, August 2014, Wiley

    MARINA QUARTU

  44. Effect of the neuropeptides vasoactive intestinal peptide, peptide histidine methionine and substance P on human major salivary gland secretion

    Article • Oral Diseases, May 2014, Wiley

    MARINA QUARTU

  45. Bortezomib Treatment Produces Nocifensive Behavior and Changes in the Expression of TRPV1, CGRP, and Substance P in the Rat DRG, Spinal Cord, and Sciatic Nerve

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2014, Wiley

    MARINA QUARTU

  46. Bortezomib-Induced Painful Peripheral Neuropathy: An Electrophysiological, Behavioral, Morphological and Mechanistic Study in the Mouse

    Article • PLOS One, September 2013, PLOS

    MARINA QUARTU

  47. The human cuneate nucleus contains discrete subregions whose neurochemical features match those of the relay nuclei for nociceptive information

    Article • Brain Structure and Function, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    MARINA QUARTU

  48. Effect of acute administration of Pistacia lentiscus L. essential oil on rat cerebral cortex following transient bilateral common carotid artery occlusion

    Article • Lipids in Health and Disease, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    MARINA QUARTU

  49. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and polysialylated-neural cell adhesion molecule (PSA-NCAM): codistribution in the human brainstem precerebellar nuclei from prenatal to adult age

    Article • Brain Research, December 2010, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  50. The pheromonal gland of Lymantria dispar: Morphology and evidence for its innervation

    Article • Journal of Morphology, December 2008, Wiley

    MARINA QUARTU

  51. Polysialylated-neural cell adhesion molecule (PSA-NCAM) in the human trigeminal ganglion and brainstem at prenatal and adult ages

    Article • BMC Neuroscience, November 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    MARINA QUARTU

  52. Tissue distribution of Ret, GFRalpha-1, GFRalpha-2 and GFRalpha-3 receptors in the human brainstem at fetal, neonatal and adult age

    Article • Brain Research, October 2007, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  53. Tissue distribution of neurturin, persephin and artemin in the human brainstem at fetal, neonatal and adult age

    Article • Brain Research, April 2007, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  54. The characteristics of neuronal injury in a static compression model of spinal cord injury in adult rats

    Article • European Journal of Neuroscience, January 2007, Wiley

    MARINA QUARTU

  55. GDNF family ligand receptor components Ret and GFRalpha-1 in the human trigeminal ganglion and sensory nuclei

    Article • Brain Research Bulletin, April 2006, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  56. Ret, GFRalpha‐1, GFRalpha‐2 and GFRalpha‐3 receptors in the human hippocampus and fascia dentata

    Article • International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, July 2005, Wiley

    MARINA QUARTU

  57. Neurturin, persephin, and artemin in the human pre- and full-term newborn and adult hippocampus and fascia dentata

    Article • Brain Research, April 2005, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  58. High affinity neurotrophin receptors in the human pre‐term newborn, infant, and adult cerebellum

    Article • International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, August 2003, Wiley

    MARINA QUARTU

  59. Neurotrophin‐like immunoreactivity in the human pre‐term newborn, infant, and adult cerebellum

    Article • International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, January 2003, Wiley

    MARINA QUARTU

  60. Erratum to “Topographical localization of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor in the human brain stem: an immunohistochemical study of prenatal, neonatal and adult brains”

    Article • Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, May 2002, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  61. AMPA-type glutamate receptor subunits 2/3 in the human trigeminal sensory ganglion and subnucleus caudalis from prenatal ages to adulthood

    Article • Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, March 2002, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  62. Expression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA in the human newborn and adult hippocampal formation

    Article • Brain Research, February 2002, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  63. Immunohistochemical localization of GDNF in the human hippocampal formation from prenatal life to adulthood

    Article • Brain Research, February 2002, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  64. Topographical localization of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor in the human brain stem: an immunohistochemical study of prenatal, neonatal and adult brains

    Article • Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, January 2002, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  65. Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor-like immunoreactivity in human trigeminal ganglion and nucleus

    Article • Brain Research, November 1999, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  66. Neurotrophin-like immunoreactivity in the human hippocampal formation

    Article • Brain Research Bulletin, March 1999, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  67. Haloperidol does not produce dopamine cell depolarization-block in paralyzed, unanesthetized rats

    Article • Brain Research, February 1998, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  68. Neuropeptides and Morphological Changes in Cisplatin-Induced Dorsal Root Ganglion Neuronopathy

    Article • Experimental Neurology, March 1996, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  69. GAP-43 persists in adulthood and coexists with SP and CGRP in human trigeminal sensory neurones

    Article • Neuroreport, November 1994, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MARINA QUARTU

  70. Somatostatin, galanin and peptide histidine isoleucine in the newborn and adult human trigeminal ganglion and spinal nucleus: Immunohistochemistry, neuronal morphometry and colocalization with substance P

    Article • Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, August 1994, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  71. Enkephalins occur and colocalize with substance P in human trigeminal ganglion neurones

    Article • Neuroreport, January 1994, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MARINA QUARTU

  72. Peptide-immunoreactive neuronal structures in the human celiac/superior mesenteric ganglionic complex (CSM)

    Article • Regulatory Peptides, July 1993, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  73. Selective MPP+ uptake into synaptic dopamine vesicles: possible involvement in MPTP neurotoxicity

    Article • British Journal of Pharmacology, June 1993, Wiley

    MARINA QUARTU

  74. Neuropeptides in the human celiac/superior mesenteric ganglionic complex: An immunohistochemical study

    Article • Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, March 1993, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  75. Immunohistochemical localization of neuropeptides in the human nucleus cuneatus

    Article • Regulatory Peptides, September 1992, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  76. Peptide-immunoreactive neuronal structures in the human celiac/superior mesenteric ganglionic complex (CSM)

    Article • Regulatory Peptides, September 1992, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  77. Calcitonin Gene—Related Peptide in Human Celiac/Superior Mesenteric and Inferior Mesenteric Ganglia

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, June 1992, Wiley

    MARINA QUARTU

  78. Immunohistochemical Localization of Putative Peptide Neurotransmitters in the Human Trigeminal Sensory Systema

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, June 1992, Wiley

    MARINA QUARTU

  79. Calcitonin gene-related peptide in the human trigeminal sensory system at developmental and adult life stages: Immunohistochemistry, neuronal morphometry and coexistence with substance P

    Article • Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, March 1992, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  80. Substance P—containing and Calcitonin Gene—related Peptide—containing Neurons in the Human Trigeminal Ganglion

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, September 1991, Wiley

    MARINA QUARTU

  81. Calcitonin gene-related peptide in human inferior mesenteric ganglion: Immunohistochemical localization and coexistence with substance P

    Article • Regulatory Peptides, July 1991, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  82. Immunohistochemical localization of putative peptide neurotransmitters in human trigeminal sensory system

    Article • Regulatory Peptides, July 1991, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  83. Substance P-like immunoreactivity in the human trigeminal ganglion

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, March 1990, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  84. Substance P‐like immunoreactivity in human prenatal hippocampal formation

    Article • International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, January 1990, Wiley

    MARINA QUARTU

  85. Substance P-like immunoreactivity in the human hippocampus: Ontogenetic aspects

    Article • Regulatory Peptides, July 1988, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU

  86. Evidence for the presence of substance P-like immunoreactivity in the human cerebellum

    Article • Brain Research, April 1988, Elsevier

    MARINA QUARTU