Ferdinando Rossi Curriculum Vitae Nato a Torino, il 3 Agosto 1960 ...

Ferdinando Rossi
Curriculum Vitae
Nato a Torino, il 3 Agosto 1960. Nazionalità: italiana
1985. Laurea in Medicina e Chirurgia, Università di Torino, tesi in Fisiologia Umana (relatore Prof. P. Strata).
1986-1989. Dottorato di Ricerca in Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Torino (supervisore Prof. P. Strata). Collabora con
il Dr L. Wiklund (CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette) ed il Dr J.J.L. van der Want (IOI, Amsterdam).
1990. Dottore di Ricerca in Scienze Neurologiche.
1990-1998. Ricercatore Universitario, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurigia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Università di
Torino.
1993-1994. Congedo per studio presso l'Unité 106 dell'INSERM (Parigi) dove collabora con il Dr. C. Sotelo.
1998-1999. Professore Associato in Neurobiologia, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze,
Università di Torino.
1999-oggi. Professore Ordinario di Neuroscienze, Facoltà di Psicologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Università di
Torino.
Principali incarichi accademici e scientifici
2001-2004. Vice Preside della Facoltà di Psicologia dell'Università di Torino
2008-2012. Preside della Facoltà di Psicologia dell’Università di Torino
2009-oggi. Direttore del Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi Avanzati in Neuroscienze dell’Università di Torino (NIT)
2009-oggi. Direttore Scientifico dell’Istituto di Neuroscienze della Fondazione Cavalieri-Ottolenghi, NICO
2010-oggi. Vice Presidente, delegato del Rettore, della Scuola di Studi Superiori dell’Università di Torino
2012-oggi. Direttore del Dipartimento di Neuroscienze dell’Università di Torino
2012-oggi. Componente del Comitato Etico dell’Università degli Studi di Trento.
Principali interessi di ricerca
• Meccanismi della specificazione dei progenitori neurali nello sviluppo del sistema nervoso
• Cellule staminali, trapianti neurali e terapie di sostituzione cellulare nel sistema nervoso
• Rigenerazione assonale e plasticità strutturale nel sistema nervoso centrale
• Meccanismi intriseci ed estrinseci nel controllo della crescita neuritica nello sviluppo e della plasticità strutturale e
riparativa nel sistema nervoso adulto
Afferenza a Società Scientifiche, Accademie e Reti di Ricerca Nazionali ed Internazionali
2008-2012. Presidente della “Society for Research on the Cerebellum”
2010-2012. Membro del NENS Committee della Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
2012-2014. Coordinatore del NENS Committee della Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
Società Scientifiche:
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
Society for Neuroscience
International Brain Research Organization
European Brain and Behaviour Society
Società Italiana di Neuroscienze
Società Italiana di Fisiologia
Reti di Ricerca:
EU NeuroNE Network of Excellence on Neurodegeneative diseases (FP6)
Marie Curie RTN on Brain Repair (FP6)
Marie Curie RTN AXREGEN (FP7)
EU network COST B30 NEREPLAS (FP7)
Afferente al Consorzio Universitario “Istituto Nazionale Biostrutture e Biosistemi”.
Afferente al Consorzio Universitario “Istituto Nazionale di Neuroscienze”
Socio dell’Accademia di Medicina di Torino

Socio Corrispondente dell’Accademia delle Scienze di Torino (Classe delle Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali)
Attività Editoriale
Associate Editor di European Journal of Neuroscience (dal 2008)
Chief Editor dello Springer Handbook of Cerebellum, Section Development & Plasticity
Membro dell’Editorial Board di
The Cerebellum (dal 2001)
Neuroscience (dal 2002)
Neurobiology of Disease (dal 2005)
Frontiers in Neuroscience (dal 2008)
Guest Editor insieme a Filippo Tempia del numero speciale di The Cerebellum “Unraveling the Purkinje neuron” (Giugno
2006)
Membro del Consiglio Scientifico dell’ “International Insitute for Research in Paraplegia" di Zurigo (dal 2004)
Membro del Consiglio Scientifico della Fondazione Cavalieri-Ottolenghi di Torino (2006-2009)
Membro del Program Committee del Meeting FENS,Geneva 2008
Membro del Local Organizing Committee del 8 th World Congress of IBRO, Florence 2011
Guest Referee per le seguenti riviste o agenzie:
Advances in Experimental Biology, BMC Developmental Biology, Brain, Brain Research Protocols, Brain Research
Reviews, The Cerebellum, Development, Developmental Brain Research, European Journal of Neuroscience, Experimental
Brain Research, Experimental, Neurology, Functional Neurology, Glia, International Journal of Developmental
Neuroscience, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, Journal of Comparative Neurology,
Journal of Neurochemistry, Journal of Neurocytology, Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience Methods,
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Neurobiology of Disease, Neuropharmacology, Neuroscience, Neuroscience Letters,
PLoS ONE, Progress in Neurobiology, Psychoneuroendocrinology, Science Signaling, Stem Cells, Synapse.
Alzheimer’s Society, Biomedical Research Council of Singapore, CNRS, Federazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla, Fondation
pour la Recherche sur le Cerveau, European Research Council, European Science Foundation, Human Frontier Science
Program, INSERM, Israel Science Foundation, Italian Ministry for University and Research, Italian Telethon, Ministry of
Culture of the Republic of Serbia, National Science Foundation (USA), National Institutes of Health, North Atlantic Treaty
Organization, South African Medical Research Council, Swiss Science Foundation, Wellcome Trust.
Premi e riconoscimenti
Premio Annuale della Fondazione Simone et Cino del Duca, Parigi, 1993.
Premio Annuale della Società Italiana di Fisiologia 1994.
Attività Accademica, Didattica e di Formazione
1998-1999. Insegnamento istituzionale nel corso integrato di Fisiologia presso la Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia
dell'Università di Torino.
2000-2010. Insegnamento istituzionale nei corsi di Neuroscienze presso la Facoltà di Psicologia dell'Università di Torino.
1998-2007. Titolare del corso di Neurofisiologia presso le Scuole di Specializzazione in Neurologia e Neurochirurgia
dell'Università di Torino.
1999-2007. Membro del Collegio della Scuola di Dottorato in Neuroscienze dell'Università di Torino. Supervisore di dodici
tesi di dottorato e di otto postdocs (2000-2009).
2005-2010. Docente nel Master de Neurociencias, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla
2007 Professur Invité presso l’Ecole Normale Superieure di Parigi
Ha preso parte a commissioni di tesi di dottorato presso l’Università Pierre et Marie Curie di Parigi, il Politecnico Federale
di Zurigo, l’Università di Salamanca, l’Università di Cambridge

Pubblicazioni
Lavori in extenso
A1. Rossi F (1983) The position of the motor endplate during growth. Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper 59: 571-576.
A2. Pignocchino P, Rossi F (1983) Accumuli mitocondriali nelle fibre muscolari striate in corso di senescenza nel ratto.
Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper 59: 856-862.
A3. Penna M, Rossi F (1985) Ultrastructural features of the myelin sheath of Scarpa's ganglion cells in the adult guinea pig.
J Laryng (London) 99: 363-367.
A4. Rossi F, Cantino D, Strata P (1987) Morphology of Purkinje cell axon terminals in intracerebellar nuclei following
inferior olive lesion. Neuroscience 22: 99-112.
A5. Rossi F, Chelazzi L, Tempia F, Strata P (1988) Antagonist action of imidazobenzodiazepine Ro 15-4513 on ethanol
induced alterations of saccadic eye movements in the pigmented rat. Neurosci Lett 89: 69-73.
A6. Rossi F, Chelazzi L, Tempia F, Strata P (1989) Effects of ethanol and imidazobenzodiazepine Ro 15-4513 on
spontaneous saccades of the pigmented rat. Exp Brain Res 76: 1-11.
A7. Rossi F, Wiklund L, van der Want JJL, Strata P (1989) Climbing fibre plasticity in the cerebellum of the adult rat. Eur J
Neurosci 1: 543-547.
A8. Chelazzi L, Rossi F, Tempia F, Ghirardi M, Strata P (1989) Saccadic eye movements and gaze holding in the headrestrained
pigmented rat. Eur J Neurosci 1: 639-646.
A9. Wiklund L, Rossi F, Strata P, van der Want JJL (1990) The rat olivocerebellar system visualized in detail with
anterograde PHA-L tracing techique, and sprouting of climbing fibers demonstrated after subtotal olivary lesions.
Eur J Morphol 28: 256-267.
A10. Strata P, Chelazzi L, Ghirardi M, Rossi F, Tempia F (1990) Spontaneous saccades and gaze holding ability in the
pigmented rat. I. Effects of inferior olive lesion. Eur J Neurosci 2: 1074-1084.
A11. Chelazzi L, Ghirardi M, Rossi F, Strata P, Tempia F (1990) Spontaneous saccades and gaze holding ability in the
pigmented rat. II. Effects of localized cerebellar lesions. Eur J Neurosci 2: 1085-1094.
A12. Rossi F, Wiklund L, van der Want JJL, Strata P (1991) Reinnervation of cerebellar Purkinje cells by climbing fibres
surviving a subtotal lesion of the inferior olive. I. Development of new collateral branches and terminal plexuses. J
Comp Neurol 308: 513-535.
A13. Rossi F, van der Want JJL, Wiklund L, Strata P (1991) Reinnervation of cerebellar Purkinje cells by climbing fibres
surviving a subtotal lesion of the inferior olive. II. Synaptic organization on reinnervated Purkinje cells. J Comp
Neurol 308: 536-554.
A14. Rossi F, Borsello T, Strata P (1992) Embryonic Purkinje cells grafted on the surface of the cerebellar cortex integrate
in the adult unlesioned cerebellum. Eur J Neurosci 4: 589-593.
A15. Rossi F, Borsello T, Vaudano E, Strata P (1993) Regressive modifications of climbing fibres following Purkinje cell
degeneration in the cerebellar cortex of the adult rat. Neuroscience 53: 759-778.
A16. Rossi F, Borsello T (1993) Ectopic Purkinje cells in the adult rat: olivary innervation and different capabilities of
migration and development after grafting. J Comp Neurol 377: 70-82.
A17. Rossi F, Borsello T, Strata P (1994) Embryonic Purkinje cells grafted on the surface of the adult uninjured rat
cerebellum migrate in the host parenchyma and induce sprouting of intact climbing fibres. Eur J Neurosci 6: 121-
136.
A18. Rossi F, Borsello T, Strata P (1994) Exposure to kainic acid mimics the effects of axotomy in cerebellar Purkinje cells
of the adult rat. Eur J Neurosci 6: 392-402.
A19. Strata P, Rossi F (1994) Cellular plasticity at the climbing fibre-Purkinje cell synapse as a model of plasticity in
adulthood and ageing. Neurochem Int 25: 85-91.
A20. Rossi F, Jankovski A, Sotelo C (1995) Target neuron controls the integrity of afferent axon phenotype: A study on the
Purkinje-cell climbing fibre system in cerebellar mutant mice. J Neurosci 15: 2040-2056.
A21. Bravin M, Rossi F, Strata P (1995) Different climbing fibres innervate separate dendritic regions of the same Purkinje
cell in hypogranular cerebellum. J Comp Neurol 357: 395-407.
A22. Rossi F, Jankovski A, Sotelo C (1995) Differential regenerative response of Purkinje cell and inferior olivary axons
confronted with embryonic grafts: environmental cues versus intrinsic neuronal determinants. J Comp Neurol 359:
663-677.
A23. Rossi F, Strata P (1995) Reciprocal trophic interactions in the adult climbing fibre-Purkinje cell system. Prog
Neurobiol 47: 341-369.
A24. Verzè L, Buffo A, Rossi F, Oestreicher AB, Gispen WH, Strata P (1996) Increase in GAP-43 immunoreactivity in
uninjured muscle nerves of the mdx mice. Neuroscience 70: 807-815.

A25. Zagrebelsky M, Rossi F, Hawkes R, Strata P (1996) Topographically arranged climbing fibre sprouting in the adult rat
cerebellum. Eur J Neurosci 8: 1051-1054.
A26. Jankovski A, Rossi F, Sotelo C (1996) Neuronal precursors in the postnatal mouse cerebellum are fully committed
cells: evidence from heterochronic transplantation. Eur J Neurosci 8: 2308-2320.
A27. Zagrebelsky M, Strata P, Hawkes R, Rossi F (1997) Reestablishment of the olivocerebellar projection map by
compensatory transcommissural reinnervation following unilateral transection of the inferior cerebellar peduncle in
the newborn rat. J Comp Neurol 379: 283-299.
A28. Buffo A, Holtmaat AJDG, Savio T, Verbeek S, Oberdick J, Oestreicher AB, Gispen WH, Verhaagen J, Rossi F, Strata
P (1997) Targeted overexpression of the neurite growth-associated protein B-50/GAP-43 in cerebellar Purkinje
cells induces sprouting in response to axotomy, but does not allow axon regeneration into growth permissive
transplants. J Neurosci 17: 8778-8791.
A29. Bravin M, Savio T, Strata P, Rossi F (1997) Olivocerebellar axon regeneration and target reinnervation following
dissociated Schwann cell grafts in surgically injured cerebella of adult rats. Eur J Neurosci 9: 2634-2649.
A30. Buffo A, Fronte M, Oestreicher AB, Rossi F (1998) Degenerative phenomena and reactive modifications of the adult
rat inferior olivary neurons following axotomy and disconnection from their targets. Neuroscience 85: 587-604.
A31. Strata P, Rossi F (1998) Plasticity of the olivocerebellar pathway. Trends Neurosci 21: 407-413.
A32. Zagrebelsky M, Buffo A, Skerra A, Schwab M, Strata P, Rossi F (1998) Retrograde regulation of growth-associated
gene expression in adult rat Purkinje cells by myelin-associated neurite growth inhibitory proteins. J Neurosci
18:7912-7929.
A33. Bravin M, Morando L, Vercelli A, Rossi F, Strata P (1999) Control of spine formation by electrical activity in the
adult rat cerebellum. Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA) 96: 1704-1709.
A34. Zagrebelsky M, Rossi F (1999) Postnatal development and adult organisation of the olivocerebellar projection map in
the hypogranular cerebellum of the rat. J Comp Neurol 407: 527-542.
A35. Neppi-Modona M, Rossi F, Strata P (1999) Phenotype changes of inferior olive neurones following collateral
reinnervation. Neuroscience 94:209-215.
A36. Strata P, Buffo A, Rossi F (1999) Mechanisms of axonal plasticity. Arch. Ital. Biol. 137: 181-192.
A37. Buffo A, Zagrebelsky M, Huber A, Skerra A, Schwab ME, Strata P, Rossi F (2000) Application of neutralising
antibodies against NI-35/250 myelin-associated neurite growth inhibitory proteins to the adult rat cerebellum
induces sprouting of uninjured Purkinje cell axons. J Neurosci 20: 2275-2286.
A38. Gianola S, Rossi F (2001) Evolution of the Purkinje cell response to injury and regenerative potential during postnatal
development of the rat cerebellum. J Comp Neurol 430:101-117.
A39. Rossi F, Buffo A, Strata P (2001) Regulation of intrinsic regenerative properties and axonal plasticity in cerebellar
Purkinje cells. Rest Neurol Neurosci 19: 85-94
A40. Strata P, Buffo A, Rossi F (2001) Regenerative events in the olivocerebellar pathway. Rest Neurol Neurosci 19: 96-
106.
A41. Rossi F, Saggiorato C, Strata P (2002) Target-specific innervation of embryonic cerebellar transplants by regenerating
olivocerebellar axons in the adult rat. Exp Neurol 173: 205-212.
A42. Rossi F, Cattaneo E (2002) Neural stem cell therapy for neurological diseases: dreams and reality. Nat Rev Neurosci 3:
401-409.
A43. Gianola S, Rossi F (2002) Long-term injured Purkinje cells are competent for terminal arbour growth, but remain
unable to sustain stem axon regeneration. Exp Neurol 176:25-40.
A44. Carletti B, Grimaldi P, Magrassi L, Rossi F (2002) Specification of cerebellar progenitors following
heterotopic/heterochronic transplantation to the embryonic CNS in vivo and in vitro. J Neurosci 22:7132-7146.
A45. Bizzoca A, Virgintino D, Lorusso L, Buttiglione M, Yoshida R, Polizzi A, Tattoli M, Cagiano R, Rossi F, Kozlov S,
Furley A, Gennarini G (2003) Transgenic mice expressing F3/contactin from the TAG-1 promoter exhibit
developmentally-regulated changes in the differentiation of cerebellar neurons. Development 130:29-43.
A46. Gianola S, Savio T, Schwab M, Rossi F (2003) Cell-autonomous mechanisms and myelin-associated factors contribute
to the development of Purkinje axon intracortical plexus in rat cerebellum. J Neurosci 23:4613-4624.
A47. Buffo A, Carulli D, Rossi F, Strata P (2003) Extrinsic regulation of injury/growth-related gene expression in the adult
inferior olive. Eur J Neurosci 18:2146-2158.
A48. Gianola S, Rossi F (2004) GAP-43 overexpression in adult mouse Purkinje cells overrides myelin-derived inhibition
of neurite growth. Eur J Neurosci 19:819-830.
A49. Carletti B, Grimaldi P, Magrassi L, Rossi F (2004) Engraftment and differentiation of neocortical progenitor cells
transplanted to the embryonic brain in utero. J Neurocytol 33:309-319.
A50. Ponti G, Conti L, Cataudella T, Zuccato C, Magrassi L, Rossi F, Bonfanti L, Cattaneo E (2005) Comparative
expression profiles of ShcB and ShcC phosphotyrosine adapter molecules in the adult brain. Neuroscience
133:105-115.

A51. Grimaldi P, Carletti B, Rossi F (2005) Neuronal replacement and integration in the rewiring of cerebellar circuits.
Brain Res Rev 49:330-342
A52. Corvetti L, Rossi F (2005) Degradation of chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans induces sprouting of intact Purkinje
axons in the cerebellum of the adult rat. J Neurosci 25:7150-7158.
A53. Carletti B, Rossi F (2005) Selective rather than inductive mechanisms favour specific replacement of Purkinje cells by
embryonic cerebellar cells transplanted to the cerebellum of adult Purkinje cell degeneration (pcd) mutant mice.
Eur J Neurosci 22:1001-1012.
A54. Gianola S, Rossi F (2005) Neurite-myelin interaction in the control of Purkinje axon growth and regeneration. Ann NY
Acad Sci 1048:141-148.
A55. Grimaldi P, Rossi F (2006) Lack of neurogenesis in the adult rat cerebellum after Purkinje cell degeneration and
growth factor infusion. Eur J Neurosci 23:2657-2668.
A56. Rossi F, Corvetti L, Gianola S (2006) The strange case of Purkinje axon regeneration and plasticity. The Cerebellum
5:163-173.
A57. Croci L, Chung S-H, Masserdotti G, Gianola S, Bizzoca A, Gennarini G, Corradi A, Rossi F, Hawkes R, Consalez GG
(2006) A key role for the HLH transcription factor EBF2 COE2, O/E-3 in Purkinje neuron migration and cerebellar
cortical topography. Development 133:2719-2729.
A58. Leto K, Carletti B, Williams IM, Magrassi L, Rossi F (2006) Different types of cerebellar GABAergic interneurons
originate from a common pool of multipotent progenitor cells. J Neurosci 26:11682-11694.
A59. Aloy EM, Weinmann O, Pot C, Hansjörg K, Dodd DA, Rülicke T, Rossi F, Schwab ME (2006) Synaptic
destabilization by neuronal Nogo-A. Brain Cell Biol 35:137-157.
A60. De Marchis S, Bovetti S, Carletti B, Hsieh Y, Garzotto D, Peretto P, Fasolo A, Puche A, Rossi F (2007) Generation of
distinct types of periglomerular olfactory bulb interneurons during development and in adult mice: implication for
intrinsic properties of the SVZ progenitor population. Age-dependent specification of OB interneurons. J Neurosci
27:657-664.
A61. Rossi F, Gianola S, Corvetti L (2007) Regulation of intrinsic neuronal properties for axon growth and regeneration.
Prog Neurobiol 81:1-28.
A62. Fazzari P, Penachioni J, Gianola S, Rossi F, Eickholt BJ, Maina F, Alexopoulou L, Sottile A, Comoglio PM, Flavell
RA, Tamagnone L (2007) PlexinB1 plays a redundant role during mouse development and in tumour angiogenesis.
BMC Developmental Biology 7:55.
A63. Magrassi L, Grimaldi P, Ibatici A, Corselli M, Ciardelli L, Castello S, Podestà M, Frassoni F, Rossi F (2007)
Induction and survival of binucleated Purkinje neurons by selective damage and aging. J Neurosci 27:9885-9892.
A64. Carletti B, Rossi F (2008) Neurogenesis in the cerebellum. The Neuroscientist 14:91-100.
A65. Williams IM, Carletti B, Leto K, Magrassi L, Rossi F (2008) Cerebellar granule cells transplanted in vivo can follow
physiological and unusual migratory routes to integrate into the recipient cortex. Neurobiol Dis 30:139-149.
A66. Carletti B, Williams IM, Leto K, Magrassi L, Rossi F (2008) Time constraints and positional cues in the developing
cerebellum regulate Purkinje cell placement in the cortical architecture. Dev Biol 317:147-160.
A67. Schilling K, Oberdick J, Rossi F, Baader S (2008) Besides Purkinje cells and granule neurons: an appraisal of the cell
biology of the interneurons of the cerebellar cortex. Histochem Cell Biol 130:601-615.
A68. Leto K, Bartolini A, Rossi F (2008) Development of cerebellar GABAergic interneurons: origin and shaping of the
“minibrain” local connections. The Cerebellum 7:523-529.
A69. Gianola S, de Castro Soubriet F, Rossi F (2009) Anosmin-1 stimulates outgrowth and branching of developing
Purkinje axons. Neuroscience 158:570-584.
A70. Grimaldi P, Parras C, Guillemot F, Rossi F, Wassef M (2009) Origins and control of the differentiation of inhibitory
interneurons and glia in the cerebellum. Dev Biol 328:422-433.
A71. Leto K, Bartolini A, Yanagawa Y, Obata K, Magrassi L, Schilling K, Rossi F (2009) Laminar fate and phenotype
specification of cerebellar GABAergic interneurons. J Neurosci 29:7079-7091.
A72. Maina G, Albert U, Bogetto F, Borghese C, Cat-Berro A, Mutani R, Rossi F, Vigliani MC (2009) Anti-brain
antibodies in adult patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. J Affect Disord 116:192-200.
A73. de Luca A, Vassallo A, Benitez-Temino B, Menichetti G, Rossi F, Buffo A (2009) Distinct modes of neuritic growth
in Purkinje neurons at different developmental stages: axonal morphogenesis and cellular regulatory mechanisms.
PLoS ONE 4:e6848.
A74. Foscarin S, Gianola S, Carulli D, Fazzari P, Mi S, Tamagnone L, Rossi F (2009) Overexpression of GAP-43 modifies
the distribution of the receptors for myelin-associated growth-inhibitory proteins in injured Purkinje axons. Eur J
Neurosci 30:1837-1848.
A75. Rolando C, Gribaudo S, Yoshikawa K, Leto K, De Marchis S, Rossi F (2010) Extracerebellar progenitors grafted to
the neurogenic milieu of the postnatal rat cerebellum adapt to the host environment but fail to acquire cerebellar
identities. Eur J Neurosci 31:1340-1351.

A76. Leto K, Bartolini A, Rossi F (2010) The prospective white matter: an atypical neurogenic niche in the developing
cerebellum. Arch Ital Biol 148:137-146.
A77. Bartolini A, Vigliani MC, Magrassi L, Vercelli A, Rossi F (2010) G-CSF administration to adult mice stimulates the
proliferation of microglia, but does not modify the outcome of ischemic injury. Neurobiol Dis 41:640-649.
A78. Foscarin S, Ponchione D, Pajaj E, Leto K, Gawlak M, Wilczynski GM, Rossi F, Carulli D (2011) Experiencedependent
plasticity and modulation of growth regulatory molecules at central synapses. PLoS ONE 6: e16666.
A79. Carletti B, Piemonte F, Rossi F (2011) Neuroprotection: the emerging concept of restorative neural stem cell biology
for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Curr Neuropharmacol 9:313-317.
A80. Leto K, Bartolini A, Di Gregorio A, Imperiale D, De Luca A, Parmigiani E, Filipkowski RK, Kaczmarek L, Rossi F
(2011) Modulation of cell-cycle dynamics is required to regulate the number of cerebellar GABAergic interneurons
and their rhythm of maturation. Development 138:3463-3472.
A81. Carulli D, Foscarin S, Rossi F (2011) Activity-dependent plasticity and gene expression modifications in the adult
CNS. Front Mol Neurosci 4:50 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2011.00050.
A82. Leto K, Rolando C, Rossi F (2012) The genesis of cerebellar GABAergic neurons: fate potential and specification
mechanisms. Front Neuroanat 6:6 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2012.00006.
A83. Leto K, Rossi F (2012) Specification of cerebellar GABAergic neurons. The Cerebellum 11:434–435.
A84. Foscarin S, Rossi F, Carulli D (2012) Influence of the environment on adult CNS plasticity and repair: from epigenetic
modifications to circuit remodelling. Cell Tissue Res 349:161-167.
A85. Ronga I, Bazzanella C, Rossi F, Iannetti G (2012) Linguistic synaesthesia, perceptual synaesthesia and the interaction
between multiple sensory modalities. Pragmatics and Cognition 20:135-167.
A86. Florio M, Leto K, Muzio L, Tinterri A, Badaloni A, Croci L, Zordan P, Barili V, Albieri I, Guillemot F, Rossi F,
Consalez GG (2012) Neurogenin 2 regulates progenitor cell cycle progression and Purkinje cell dendritogenesis in
cerebellar development. Development 139:2308-2320.
A87. Corno D, Pala M, Cominelli M, Cipelletti B, Leto K, Croci L, Barili V, Brandalise F, Melzi F, Di Gregorio A, Sergi L,
Politi LS, Piemonti L, Bulfone A, Rossi P, Rossi F, Consalez GG, Poliani PL, Galli R (2012) Gene signatures
associated with mouse postnatal hindbrain neural stem cells and medulloblastoma cancer stem cells identify novel
molecular mediators and predict human medulloblastoma molecular classification. Cancer Disc 2:554-568.
A88. Manassero G, Repetto IE, Cobianchi S, Valsecchi V, Bonny C, Rossi F, Vercelli A (2012) Role of JNK isoforms in
the development of neuropathic pain following sciatic nerve transection in the mouse. Mol Pain 8:39.
A89. Brilli E, Reitano E, Conti L, Conforti P, Gulino R, Consalez G, Cesana E, Smith A, Rossi F, Cattaneo E (2012) Neural
stem cells engrafted in the adult brain fuse with endogenous neurons. Stem Cell Dev (in press).
A90. Rolando C, Parolisi R, Boda E, Schwab ME, Rossi F, Buffo A (2012) Distinct roles of Nogo-A and Nogo receptor 1 in
the homeostatic regulation of adult Neural Stem Cell function and neuroblast migration. J Neurosci (in press).
Capitoli di libri
B1. Tempia F, Chelazzi L, Rossi F, Ghirardi M, Strata P (1989) Spontaneous saccades in the pigmented rat after inferior
olive lesion.. In Strata P (ed) The olivocerebellar system in motor control. Exp Brain Res Suppl 17, pp. 294-298.
B2. Strata P, Chelazzi L, Tempia F, Rossi F, Ghirardi M (1992) Cerebellar control of saccadic eye movements in the
pigmented rat. In Llinás R e Sotelo C (eds) The Cerebellum Revisited, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 215-
225.
B3. Wiklund L, Rossi F, Strata P, van der Want JJL (1993) Collateral sprouting of cerebellar climbing fibers after subtotal
lesions of the inferior olive. In Trouillas P e Fuxe K (eds) Serotonin, the Cerebellum and Ataxia, Raven Press, New
York, pp. 291-296.
B4. Strata P, Rossi F, Tempia F (1994) Role of the inferior olive in the performance of the saccadic neural integrator. In:
Fuchs AF, Brandt U, Büttner U, Zee D (eds) Contemporary Oculomotor and Vestibular Research: A Tribute to
David A. Robinson. Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, pp. 203-205.
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