Maria Morena

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Sapienza University of Rome

Italy

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Maria Morena is an Assistant Professor at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Her research areas encompass neurobiology, particularly focusing on fear expression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and the role of the endocannabinoid system in emotional behaviors. Recent articles highlight her work on social buffering in trauma, sex differences in fear persistence, and the effects of specific drugs on fear memory generalization.

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Examination of the Role of Endocannabinoids in the Amygdala-prefrontal Cortex Circuit during the Extinction of Aversive Memories: Implications for the Treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Open Date: 2016-04-01

Close Date: 2019-03-31

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2016 Dr. Hubert van Tol Travel Fellowship

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Endocannabinoid signaling in the prefrontal cortex-amygdala circuit and the regulation of fear extinction: Implications for PTSD

Open Date: 2016-04-01

Close Date: 2019-02-28

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Mikaela Laine

Lecturer in Neuroscience and Psychology

Smith College

UNITED STATES

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Quentin Pittman

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CANADA

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Patrizia Campolongo

Sapienza University of Rome

ITALY

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Barna Dudok

Assistant Professor

Baylor College of Medicine

UNITED STATES

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Social buffering during fear extinction rescues long-term trauma-induced memory and emotional behavioral alterations in rats

Sex differences in fear expression and persistence in an animal model of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

CB1R blockade unmasks TRPV1-mediated contextual fear generalization in female, but not male rats

2-AG-Mediated Control of GABAergic Signaling Is Impaired in a Model of Epilepsy

Sex-dependent Effects of the Drugs of Abuse Amphetamine and the Smart Drug 3,4-Methylenedioxypyrovalerone on Fear Memory Generalization in Rats.

Genetic Variants of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Modulate Acute Inflammatory Responses to Colitis in Adult Male Mice.

In vivo endocannabinoid dynamics at the timescale of physiological and pathological neural activity.

Comorbid anxiety-like behavior in a rat model of colitis is mediated by an upregulation of corticolimbic fatty acid amide hydrolase

Sex‐dependent effects of endocannabinoid modulation of conditioned fear extinction in rats

Sex-divergent long-term effects of single prolonged stress in adult rats.

Ketamine anesthesia enhances fear memory consolidation via noradrenergic activation in the basolateral amygdala.

Hippocampal 2-Arachidonoyl Glycerol Signaling Regulates Time-of-Day- and Stress-Dependent Effects on Rat Short-Term Memory

Collaborators (4)

Mikaela Laine

Quentin Pittman

Patrizia Campolongo

Barna Dudok

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