Paola Tirassa

Emotional stress induced by parachute jumping enhances blood nerve growth factor levels and the distribution of nerve growth factor receptors in lymphocytes.

Luigi Aloe, Luisa Bracci‐Laudiero, Enrico Alleva et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1994 · 260 citations

Nursing, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +16

Social deprivation stress is a triggering factor for the emergence of anxiety- and depression-like behaviours and leads to reduced brain BDNF levels in C57BL/6J mice

Alessandra Berry, Veronica Bellisario, Sara Capoccia et al. · Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2011 · 226 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +14

High-dose anabolic androgenic steroids modulate concentrations of nerve growth factor and expression of its low affinity receptor (p75-NGFr) in male rat brain

Paola Tirassa, Ingemar Thiblin, Greta gren et al. · Journal of Neuroscience Research · 1997 · 86 citations

Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

Pharmacokinetics of Conjunctivally Applied Nerve Growth Factor in the Retina and Optic Nerve of Adult Rats

Alessandro Lambìase, Paola Tirassa, Alessandra Micera et al. · Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science · 2005 · 82 citations · Full text

Medicine, Neurobiology, Pharmacokinetics +14

Paternal alcohol exposure in mice alters brain NGF and BDNF and increases ethanol-elicited preference in male offspring

Mauro Ceccanti, Roberto Coccurello, Valentina Carito et al. · Addiction Biology · 2015 · 74 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17