Maria Antonietta Ajmone‐Cat

Activation of alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor by nicotine selectively up-regulates cyclooxygenase-2 and prostaglandin E2 in rat microglial cultures.

Roberta De Simone, Maria Antonietta Ajmone‐Cat, Daniela Carnevale et al. · Journal of Neuroinflammation · 2005 · 246 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +17

<i>In vitro</i> neuronal and glial differentiation from embryonic or adult neural precursor cells are differently affected by chronic or acute activation of microglia

Emanuele Cacci, Maria Antonietta Ajmone‐Cat, Tonino Anelli et al. · Glia · 2008 · 221 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +15

Microglial activation in chronic neurodegenerative diseases: roles of apoptotic neurons and chronic stimulation

Luisa Minghetti, Maria Antonietta Ajmone‐Cat, Maria Anna De Berardinis et al. · Brain Research Reviews · 2005 · 169 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +15

Interplay between inflammation and neural plasticity: Both immune activation and suppression impair LTP and BDNF expression

Maria Teresa Golia, S. Poggini, Silvia Alboni et al. · Brain Behavior and Immunity · 2019 · 151 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Neuroscience +17

Branched-chain amino acids influence the immune properties of microglial cells and their responsiveness to pro-inflammatory signals

Roberta De Simone, Federica Vissicchio, Cecilia Mingarelli et al. · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease · 2013 · 133 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Neuroscience +17