Barbara Monti

Publications prior to 2004

·        Monti B, Contestabile A. Selective alteration of DNA fragmentation and caspase activity in the spinal cord of aged rats and effect of dietary restriction. Brain Res. 2003 Nov 28;992(1):137-41.

·         Contestabile A, Monti B, Contestabile A, Ciani E. Brain nitric oxide and its dual role in neurodegeneration/neuroprotection: understanding molecular mechanisms to devise drug approaches. Curr Med Chem. 2003 Oct;10(20):2147-74.

·         Monti B, Marri L, Contestabile A. NMDA receptor-dependent CREB activation in survival of cerebellar granule cells during in vivo and in vitro development. Eur J Neurosci. 2002 Oct;16(8):1490-8.

·         Necchi D, Virgili M, Monti B, Contestabile A, Scherini E. Regional alterations of the NO/NOS system in the aging brain: a biochemical, histochemical and immunochemical study in the rat. Brain Res. 2002 Apr 12;933(1):31-41.

·         Taubenfeld SM, Milekic MH, Monti B, Alberini CM.The consolidation of new but not reactivated memory requires hippocampal C/EBPbeta. Nat Neurosci. 2001 Aug;4(8):813-8.

·         Battelli MG, Musiani S, Monti B, Buonamici L, Sparapani M, Contestabile A, Stirpe F. Ricin toxicity to microglial and monocytic cells. Neurochem Int. 2001 Aug;39(2):83-93.

·         Monti B, Zanghellini P, Contestabile A. Characterization of ceramide-induced apoptotic death in cerebellar granule cells in culture. Neurochem Int. 2001 Jul;39(1):11-8.

·         Virgili M, Monti B, Polazzi E, Angiolini G, Contestabile A.Topography of neurochemical alterations in the CNS of aged rats.Int J Dev Neurosci. 2001 Feb;19(1):109-16.

·         Taubenfeld SM, Wiig KA, Monti B, Dolan B, Pollonini G, Alberini CM.Fornix-dependent induction of hippocampal CCAAT enhancer-binding protein [beta] and [delta] Co-localizes with phosphorylated cAMP response element-binding protein and accompanies long-term memory consolidation.J Neurosci. 2001 Jan 1;21(1):84-91.

·         Monti B, Contestabile A. Blockade of the NMDA receptor increases developmental apoptotic elimination of granule neurons and activates caspases in the rat cerebellum. Eur J Neurosci. 2000 Sep;12(9):3117-23.

·         Virgili M, Monti B, LoRusso A, Bentivogli M, Contestabile A. Developmental effects of in vivo and in vitro inhibition of nitric oxide synthase in neurons. Brain Res. 1999 Aug 21;839(1):164-72.

·         Bonora P, Principi I, Monti B, Ciurli S, Zannoni D, Hochkoeppler A. On the role of high-potential iron-sulfur proteins and cytochromes in the respiratory chain of two facultative phototrophs. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1999 Jan 27;1410(1):51-60.

·         Sparapani M, Virgili M, Bardi G, Tregnago M, Monti B, Bentivogli M, Contestabile A. Ornithine decarboxylase activity during development of cerebellar granule neurons. J Neurochem. 1998 Nov;71(5):1898-904.

·         Monti B, Sparapani M, Contestabile A. Differential toxicity of protease inhibitors in cultures of cerebellar granule neurons. Exp Neurol. 1998 Oct;153(2):335-41.

·         Tregnago M, Virgili M, Monti B, Guarnieri T, Contestabile A. Alteration of neuronal nitric oxide synthase activity and expression in the cerebellum and the forebrain of microencephalic rats. Brain Res. 1998 May 18;793(1-2):54-60.

·         Moschettini G, Hochkoeppler A, Monti B, Benelli B, Zannoni D. The electron transport system of the halophilic purple nonsulfur bacterium Rhodospirillum salinarum. 1. A functional and thermodynamic analysis of the respiratory chain in aerobically and photosynthetically grown cells. Arch Microbiol. 1997 Oct;168(4):302-9.