A5047440490- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Sleep and related disorders
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Physical Activity and Health
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Pancreatic function and diabetes
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
University of L'Aquila
2020-2025
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
2019-2022
Both mentalization and empathy allow humans to understand others, through the representation of their mental states or mood, respectively. The present review aims explain those characteristics which are shared between Theory Mind. Research in neuroscience, based on naturalistic paradigms, has shown that abilities mentalize empathize associated with activation different neuro-cognitive circuits. As far as mirror-neuron processes concerned, some structures (like Anterior Insula, AI; Cingulate...
Abstract Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is listed as one of the top 10 most disabling neuropsychiatric conditions in world. The neurobiology OCD has not been completely understood and efforts are needed order to develop new treatments. Beside classical neurotransmitter systems signalling pathways implicated OCD, possible involvement endocannabinoid system (ECS) emerged pathophysiology OCD. We report here selective downregulation genes coding for enzymes allowing synthesis...
Targeted memory reactivation represents an established technique for promoting sleep-dependent consolidation in laboratory studies. This investigation aimed to test the potentiality of a wearable electroencephalography-based closed-loop targeted system boost vocabulary learning home settings. In evening, 24 adults (23.58 years ± 3.36 years, 19 females) were asked learn Italian translation 40 pseudowords (test session). Subsequently, participants slept at their wearing electroencephalography...
Background: The increase in average life expectancy necessitates the identification of possible mechanisms capable promoting “active aging” to ensure adequate levels global functioning. Numerous studies show that regular physical activity promotes, even elderly, a state functional psychophysical well-being slowing down age-related cognitive decline. This study aimed clarify whether, and how, intensity can modulate executive skills by influencing specific psychological variables. Methods: Our...
Compulsivity is defined as an unstoppable tendency toward repetitive and habitual actions, which are reiterated despite negative consequences. Polydipsia induced preclinically by intermittent reward, leading rodents to ingest large amounts of fluids. We focused on the role dopamine transporter (DAT) inheritance factors in compulsive behavior. Our sample consisted DAT heterozygous (HET) rats with different genetic (MAT-HET, born from WT-dams × KO-fathers; MIX-HET, HET-dams KO-fathers). As...
Dopamine (DA) is mainly involved in locomotor activity, reward processes and maternal behaviors. Rats with KO gene for dopamine transporter (DAT) coding a truncated DAT protein are hyperdopaminergic conditions develop stereotyped behaviors hyperactivity. Our aim was to test the prior transgenerational modulation of wild allele as expressed heterozygous rats: specifically we addressed possible sequelae due genotype gender ancestors, regard behavioral differences F1, F2, F3 rats. We studied...
Abstract Emotion reactivity refers to the activation, intensity and duration of emotional responses internal or external stimuli. It can be differentiated from emotion regulation since former is very first response an trigger, latter defined as a tool for maintaining one's arousal in window tolerance. Since, date, there are no Italian self‐report measures able evaluate individuals' reactivity, this study aimed contribute validation Perth Emotional Reactivity Scale–Short Form (PERS‐S). The...
Background/objective Emotional dysregulation is bidirectionally associated with sleep disturbances, potentially critical implications for emotional reactivity, in patients borderline personality disorder (BPD). This study evaluated subjective and objective quality, regulation, reactivity 20 BPD compared to non-clinical individuals. Methods Subjective quality was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index a 3-day actigraphic measurement. regulation Difficulties Emotion Regulation Scale...
Previous studies have shown multiple biological properties of Moringa oleifera, a plant native to Africa and Asia. In the present study, potential physiological microvesicles extracted from oleifera seeds were assessed. For this purpose, we investigated behavioral profile hematological parameters in recent rat model characterized by dysregulation dopamine transporter, key regulator dopaminergic system. Experimental design consisted male Wistar-DAT rats aged between two four months: wild-type...
While both risk-taking and avoidant behaviors are necessary for survival, their imbalanced expression can lead to impulse-control anxiety disorders, respectively. In laboratory rodents, the conflict between risk proneness be studied by using innate fear of heights. To explore this aspect in detail investigate venturesome behavior, here we used a “Himalayan Bridge,” rat-adapted version suspended wire bridge protocol originally developed mice. The apparatus is composed two elevated scaffolds...
Emotion reactivity refers to the activation, intensity, and duration of emotional responses internal or external stimuli. It can be differentiated from emotion regulation since former is very first response an trigger, latter defined as a tool for maintaining one’s own arousal in window tolerance. Since, date, there are no Italian self-report measures able evaluate individuals’ reactivity, this study aimed contribute validation short form PERS (PERS-S). The PERS-S 18-item measure answered on...
Purpose: The present study aimed to validate the Italian version of Iowa Resistance Sleeplessness Test (iREST), a 16-item self-report assessing resilience sleep debt in affective, cognitive, and somatic domains. Participants Methods: We examined its factor structure, assessed internal consistency criterion validity, established test-retest reliability on 768 native speakers (65.8% women) with mean age 25.98 years old. Results: Confirmatory analysis (CFA) revealed new 13-item structure for...