Camilla Bellone
Affiliations: Faculty of Medicine
Group name: Synaptic brain dysfunctions
Domains: Development and Plasticity
Keywords: autism, child development, neuropsychiatric disorders, synapse
Research activities
Our lab is interested in investigating the molecular mechanisms and the circuits underlying behavioural traits in neuropsychiatric disorders.
In mouse animal model, combining electrophysiological techniques with molecular approaches and behavioral paradigms, we investigate how the reward system during the postnatal development encodes experience and how defect in these processes may lead to neuropsychiatric disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).
Latest publications
Linking NMDA Receptor Synaptic Retention to Synaptic Plasticity and Cognition.
Franchini L , Stanic J , Ponzoni L , Mellone M , Carrano N , Musardo S , Zianni E , Olivero G , Marcello E , Pittaluga A , Sala M , Bellone C , Racca C , Di Luca M , Gardoni F
iScience - Sep 2019
Morphine withdrawal recruits lateral habenula cytokine signaling to reduce synaptic excitation and sociability.
Valentinova K , Tchenio A , Trusel M , Clerke JA , Lalive AL , Tzanoulinou S , Matera A , Moutkine I , Maroteaux L , Paolicelli RC , Volterra A , Bellone C , Mameli M
Nature neuroscience - 07 2019
SHANK3 Downregulation in the Ventral Tegmental Area Accelerates the Extinction of Contextual Associations Induced by Juvenile Non-familiar Conspecific Interaction.
Bariselli S , Contestabile A , Tzanoulinou S , Musardo S , Bellone C
Frontiers in molecular neuroscience - 2018
What does cannabis do to the brain before birth?
Musardo S , Bellone C
eLife - 09 2018
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Contact
Département des Neurosciences Fondamentales
CMU
Rue Michel-Servet 1
Email: camilla.bellone@unige.ch