Flavia Valtorta - Selected Publications#

Fabrizia C. Guarnieri, Serena Bellani, Latefa Yekhlef, Andrea Bergamaschi, Annamaria Finardi, Riccardo Fesce, Davide Pozzi, Elena Monzani, Eugenio F. Fornasiero, Michela Matteoli, Gianvito Martino, Roberto Furlan, Stefano Taverna, Luca Muzio and Flavia Valtorta
Synapsin I deletion reduces neuronal damage and ameliorates clinical progression of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
Brain Behaviour and Immunity, 68: 197-210, 2018.

Fabrizia C. Guarnieri, Davide Pozzi, Andrea Raimondi, Riccardo Fesce, Maria M. Valente, Vincenza S. Delvecchio, Hilde Van Esch, Michela Matteoli, Fabio Benfenati, Patrizia D’Adamo and Flavia Valtorta
A novel SYN1 missense mutation in nonsyndromic X-linked intellectual disability affects synaptic vesicle life cycle, clustering and mobility.
Human Molecular Genetics, 26: 4699-4714, 2017.

Jenny Sassone, Giulia Maia Serratto, Maria Passafaro, Flavia Valtorta, and Andrea Ciammola
The synaptic function of parkin.
Brain, 140: 2265-2272, 2017.

Flavia Valtorta, Fabio Benfenati, Federico Zara, Jacopo Meldolesi
PRRT2: from paroxysmal disorders to regulation of synaptic function.
Trends in Neurosciences, 39: 668-679, 2016.

Pierluigi Valente, Enrico Castroflorio, Pia Rossi, Manuela Fadda, Bruno Sterlini, Romina Ines Cervigni, Cosimo Prestigio, Silvia Giovedì, Franco Onofri, Elisa Mura, Fabrizia Guarnieri, Marta Orlando, Federico Zara, Anna Fassio, Flavia Valtorta, Pietro Baldelli, Anna Corradi, Fabio Benfenati
PRRT2 is a key component of the Ca2+-dependent release machinery.
Cell Reports, 15: 117-131, 2016.

Bellani, A. Mescola, G. Ronzitti, H. Tsushima, S. Tilve, C. Canale, F. Valtorta* and E. Chieregatti* (shared last authorship)
GRP78 clustering at the cell surface of neurons transduces the action of exogenous alpha-synuclein.
Cell Death and Differentiation, 21: 1971-1983, 2014.

F. Fornasiero, A. Raimondi, F. Guarnieri, R. Fesce, F. Benfenati and F. Valtorta
Synapsins contribute to the dynamic spatial organization of synaptic vesicles in an activity-dependent manner.
Journal of Neuroscience, 32:12214-27, 2012.

F. Valtorta, J. Meldolesi and R. Fesce
Synaptic vesicles: is kissing a matter of competence?
Trends in Cell Biology, 11: 324-328, 2001

P.E. Ceccaldi, F. Grohovaz, F. Benfenati, E. Chieregatti, P. Greengard and F. Valtorta
Dephosphorylated synapsin I anchors synaptic vesicles to actin cytoskeleton: an analysis by videomicroscopy.
Journal of Cell Biology, 128: 905-912, 1995.

P. Greengard, F. Valtorta, A.J. Czernik and F. Benfenati.
Synaptic vesicle phosphoproteins and regulation of synaptic function.
Science, 259:780-785, 1993.

F. Torri Tarelli, M. Bossi, R. Fesce, P. Greengard and F. Valtorta
Synapsin I partially dissociates from synaptic vesicles during exocytosis induced by electrical stimulation.
Neuron, 9:1143-1153, 1992.

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