Full Professor of Physiology

SSD: BIO/09

Orario di ricevimento: Martedì e Mercoledì  dalle 10.30 alle 12.30

 The morpho-functional cardiac plasticity of vertebrates

Chromogranin-A and its derived peptides as endogenous cardiac modulators in mammalian (rat) and non-mammalian vertebrates (fish and amphibians): basal cardiac effects and cardioprotection against myocardial stress (adrenergic and ischemia/reperfusion).

The NOS/NO system as a mediator of cardiac adaptation in vertebrates exposed to humoral (i.e. Natriuretic Peptides, Angiotensin II, catecholamines, Chromogranin-A derived peptides) and environmental stress (i.e. hypoxia-resistant teleost, Antarctic teleost, tropical Lungfish).

The cardiomodulatory and cardioprotective effects of humoral substances involved in the modulation of alimentary behaviour (i.e. GLP-2, Nesfatin-1, Phenexin-14), and of natural components of food (i.e. red wine polyphenols, fatty acids from olive oil).

 Organ and Systems Physiology

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2091-928X

27005046 - FISIOLOGIA CELLULARE E DEGLI APPARATI CON ELEMENTI DI NEUROFISIOLOGIA - Doc. CERRA Maria Carmela (CdS 0762 GENERICO)

27006540 - FISIOLOGIA MOLECOLARE UMANA APPLICATA - Doc. CERRA Maria Carmela (CdS 0781 GENERICO)