Prof. Maria Giuliana Vannucchi
Department of
Experimental and Clinical Medicine
Embryology and
Histology Research Unit
University of
Florence, Italy
Associate
Professor
Email: mariagiuliana.vannucchi@unifi.it
Qualifications
1993 Ph.D.,
University of Florence, Italy
1988 Neurology
Specialist, University of Florence, Italy
1984 M.D., University of Florence, Italy
Publications
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Corradetti R., Pedata F., Pepeu G. and Vannucchi M.G.
Chronic caffeine treatment reduces caffeine but not adenosine effects on cortical acetylcholine
release. Br. J. Pharmac. 88, 671-676, 1986
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Vannucchi M.G. and Pepeu G. Effect of phosphatidylserine
on acetylcholine release and content in cortical slices from aging rats. Neurobiol.
Aging 8, 403-407, 1987
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Vannucchi M.G., Casamenti F. and Pepeu G. Decrease of
acetylcholine release from cortical slices in aged rats: investigations into
its reversal by phosphatidylserine. J. Neurochem. 55, 819-825, 1990
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Vannucchi M.G. and Goldman-Rakic P.S. Age-dependent
decrease in the affinity of muscarinic M1 receptors in neocortex of rhesus
monkey. P. Natl. Acad. Sci USA, 88, 11475-11479, 1991.
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Vannucchi M.G., Scali C., Kopf S., Pepeu G. and Casamenti
F. Selective muscarinic antagonists differentially affect in vivo acetylcholine
release and memory performances of young and old rats. Neuroscience 79,
837-846, 1997.
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Vannucchi M.G., De Giorgio R. and Faussone-Pellegrini
M.S. NK1 receptor expression in the interstitial cells of Cajal and neurons and
tachykinins distribution in rat ileum during development. J. Comp. Neurol. 383,
153-162, 1997.
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Vannucchi M.G. Receptors in interstitial cells of Cajal:
identification and possible physiological roles. Microsc. Res. Techniq. 47,
325-335, 1999.
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Vannucchi M.G. and Faussone-Pellegrini M.S. Synapse
formation during neuron differentiation: an in situ study of the myenteric
plexus during murine embryonic life. J. Comp. Neurol. 425, 369-381, 2000.
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Vannucchi M.G., Zardo C., Corsani L. and
Faussone-Pellegrini M.S. Interstitial cells of Cajal, enteric neurons, smooth
muscle and myoid cells of the murine gastrointestinal tract express full-length
dystrophin. Histochem. Cell Biol.118, 449-457, 2002.
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Hanani M., Ledder O., Yutkin V., Abu-Dalu R., Huang T.Y.,
Haertig W., Vannucchi M.G. and Faussone-Pellegrini M.S. Regeneration of
myenteric plexus in the mouse colon after experimental denervation with
benzalkonium chloride. J Comp Neurol. 462, 315-327, 2003.
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Vannucchi m.G., Corsani L. and Faussone-Pellegrini M.S.
Synaptic vesicle morphology and recycling are altered in myenteric neurons of
mice lacking dystrophin (mdx mice) J.
Cell. Physiol. 197, 232-242, 2003.
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Vannucchi M.G, Zizzo M.G., Zardo C., Pieri L., Serio R.,
Mulè F. and Faussone-Pellegrini M.S. Ultrastructural changes in the interstitial
cells of Cajal and gastric dysrhythmias in mice lacking full-length dystrophin
(mdx mice). J. Cell. Physiol.199, 293-309, 2004.
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Wang X-Y, Vannucchi MG, Nieuwmeyer F, Ye J, Faussone-Pellegrini
MS, Huizinga JD. Changes in interstitial cells of Cajal at the deep muscular
plexus are associated with loss of distention-induced burst-type muscle
activity in mice infected by Trichinella spiralis. Am. J. Pathol. 167, 437-53,
2005.
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Vannucchi M.G., Corsani L., Gianfriddo M., Pedata F.,
Faussone-Pellegrini M.S. Expression of neuronal and inducile nitric oxide
synthase in neuronal and glial cells after transient occlusion of the middle
cerebral artery. Neuroscience 136, 1015-1026, 2005.
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Melani A., Amadio S., Gianfriddo M., Vannucchi M.G.,
Volonte C., Bernardi G., Pedata F., Sancesario G. The P2X7 receptor modulation
on microglial cells and reduction of brain infarct caused by middle cerebral
artery occlusion in rat. J Cerebr Blood F Met. 2006 26, 974-982, 2006.
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Mulè F., Amato A., Vannucchi M.G., Faussone-Pellegrini
M.S. and Serio R. Altered tachychinergic influence on gastric mechanical
activity in dystrophic (mdx) mice. Neurogastroent Motil. 18, 844-852, 2006.
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Faussone-Pellegrini M.S., Vannucchi M.G. Substance P and
Neurokinin 1 receptor expression is affected in the ileum of mice with mutation
in the W locus. J. Cell Mol Med. 10, 511-518, 2006.
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Bizzoco E., Vannucchi M.G., Faussone Pellegrini M.S.
Transient ischemia increases neuronal nitric oxide synthase, argininosuccinate
synthetase and argininosuccinate lyase co-expression in rat striatal neurons. Exp
Neurol. 204, 252-259, 2007.
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Vannucchi M.G., Bizzoco E., Corsani L., Gianfriddo M.,
Pedata F., Faussone Pellegrini M.S. Relationship between neurons expressing
neuronal nitric oxide synthase, degree of microglia activation and animal
survival. A study in the rat cortex after transient ischemia. Brain Res. 1132,
218-227, 2007.
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Bizzoco E., Faussone-Pellegrini M.S., Vannucchi M.G.
Activated microglia cells express argininosuccinate synthetase and
argininosuccinate lyase in the rat brain after transient ischemia. Exp Neurol. 208,
100-109, 2007.
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Corsani L., Bizzoco E., Pedata F., Gianfriddo M.,
Faussone-Pellegrini M.S., Vannucchi M.G. Inducible nitric oxide synthase
appears and is co-expressed with the neuronal isoform in interneurons of the
rat hippocampus after transient ischemia induced by middle cerebral artery
occlusion. Exp Neurol. 211, 433-440, 2008.
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Midrio P., Vannucchi M.G., Pieri L., Alaggio R.,
Faussone-Pellegrini M.S. Delayed development of intestitial cells of Cajal in
the ileum of a human case of gastroschisis. J. Cell Mol Med. 12, 471-478, 2008.
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Lindley R., Hawcutt D., Connell M., Vannucchi M.G.,
Faussone-Pellegrini MS., Edgar D., Kenny SE. Human and mouse neurosphere
transplantation regulate the function of aganglionic embryonic distal colon. Gastroenterology,
135, 205-216, 2008.
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Pieri L., Vannucchi M.G., Faussone-Pellegrini M.S.
Histochemical and ultrastructural characteristics of an interstitial cell type
different from ICC and resident in the muscle coat of human gut. J Cell Mol Med.
12(5B), 1944-1955, 2008.
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Melani A., Cipriani S., Vannucchi M.G., Nosi D., Donati
C., Bruni P., Giovannini M.G., Pedata F. Selective adenosine A2a receptor
antagonism reduces JNK activation in oligodendrocytes after cerebral ischemia. Brain,
132, 1480-1495. 2009.