Selected Publitations
COSTA L, SANTANGELO F, LI VOLSI G, CIRANNA L. (2009). Modulation of AMPA receptor-mediated ion current by pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) in CA1 pyramidal neurons from rat hippocampus. Hyppocampus, 19 (1): 99-109, ISSN: 1050-9631
BARRESI M, BRUSCHINI L, LI VOLSI G., MANZONI D. (2008). Forelimb afferents may tune the responses of cerebellar cortex and vestibular nuclear neurons to labyrinthine stimulation. ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA. vol. 194, pp. 43 ISSN: 1748-1708.
DI MAURO M, BRONZI D, LI VOLSI G, LICATA F, LOMBARDO P. and SANTANGELO F. (2008). Noradrenaline modulates neuronal responses to GABA in vestibular nuclei. NEUROSCIENCE, vol. 153, pp. 1320-1331 DOI: 10.1016.
GRASSO C, LI VOLSI G., LICATA F, CIRANNA L, SANTANGELO F. (2006). Aminergic control of neuronal firing rate in thalamic motor nuclei of the rat. ARCHIVES ITALIENNES DE BIOLOGIE. vol. 144, pp. 173-196, ISSN: 0003-9829.
BARRESI M, BRUSCHINI L, LI VOLSI G., MANZONI D. (2005). Effects of betahistine on the spatiotemporal response properties of vestibulospinal neurons to labyrinthine volleys. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY. vol. 16, pp. 73-82, ISSN: 0014-2999.
M. BARRESI, LI VOLSI G., F. LICATA, L. CIRANNA, F. SANTANGELO. (2005). Effects of 5- hydroxytryptamine on the neuronal firing rate of bulbar reticular neurons. ARCHIVES ITALIENNES DE BIOLOGIE. vol. 143, pp. 13-27, ISSN: 0003-9829.
CIRANNA L, LICATA F, LI VOLSI G., SANTANGELO F. (2004). Alpha2- and beta-adrenoceptors differentially modulate GABAA- and GABAB-mediated inhibition of red nucleus neuronal firing. EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY. vol. 185, pp. 297-304, ISSN: 0014-4886.
CIRANNA L, LICATA F, LI VOLSI G., SANTANGELO F. (2003). Role of GABAA and GABAB receptors in GABA-induced inhibition of rat red nucleus neurons. NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. vol. 34, pp. 221-224, ISSN: 0304-3940.
DI MAURO M, FRETTO G, CALDERA M, LI VOLSI G., LICATA F, CIRANNA L, SANTANGELO F. (2003). Noradrenaline and 5-hydroxytryptamine in cerebellar nuclei of the rat: functional effects on neuronal firing. NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. vol. 147, pp. 101-105, ISSN: 0304-3940.
LI VOLSI G., LICATA F, FRETTO G, DI MAURO M, SANTANGELO F. (2001). Influence of serotonin on the glutamate-induced excitations of secondary vestibular neurons in the rat. EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY. vol. 172, pp. 446-459, ISSN: 0014-4886.
LICATA F, LI VOLSI G., DIMAURO M, FRETTO G, CIRANNA L, SANTANGELO F. (2001). Serotonin modifies the neuronal inhibitory responses to gamma-aminobutyric acid in the red nucleus: A microiontophoretic study. EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY. vol. 167, pp. 95-107, ISSN: 0014-4886.
CIRANNA L, LICATA F, LI VOLSI G., SANTANGELO F. (2000). Neurotransmitter-mediated control of neuronal firing in the red nucleus of the rat: Reciprocal modulation between noradrenaline and GABA. EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY. vol. 163, pp. 253-263, ISSN: 0014-4886.
LI VOLSI G., LICATA F., CIRANNA L., CASERTA C., SANTANGELO F. (1998). Electromyographic effects of serotonin application into the lateral vestibular nucleus. NEUROREPORT. vol. 3, pp. 2539-2543, ISSN: 0959-4965.
LICATA F., LI VOLSI G., CIRANNA L., MAUGERI G., SANTANGELO F. (1998). 5-Hydroxytryptamine modifies neuronal responses to glutamate in the red nucleus of the rat. EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH. vol. 118, pp. 61-70, ISSN: 0014-4819.
