Andrea Volterra - Publications#

• Volterra A. & Meldolesi J. Astrocytes, from brain glue to communication elements: the revolution continues. Nature Reviews - Neuroscience 6:626-40 (2005).
• Bezzi P, Gundersen V, Galbete JL, Seifert G, Steinhaeuser C, Pilati E & Volterra A Astrocytes contain a vesicular compartment that is competent for regulated exocytosis of glutamate Nature Neuroscience, 7: 613-620 (2004)
• Volterra A. , Magistretti P., Haydon PJ. The Tripartite Synapse: Glia in Synaptic Transmission Oxford University Press, Oxford UK (2002).
• Bezzi P. Domercq M. Brambilla L. Galli R. Schols D. De Clercq E., Vescovi A. Bagetta G. Kollias G. Meldolesi J. Volterra A. CXCR4-activated astrocyte glutamate release via TNF: amplification by microglia triggers neurotoxicity Nature Neuroscience 4: 702-710, (2001)
• Bezzi P. Volterra A. A neuron-glia signaling network in the active brain Current Opinion in Neurobiology 11: 387-394, (2001).
• Trotti D. Danbolt NC. Volterra A. Glutamate transporters are oxidant-vulnerable: a molecular link between oxidative and excitotoxic neurodegeneration? Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 19:328-34 (1998).
• Bezzi P. Carmignoto G. Pasti L. Vesce S. Rossi D. Rizzini B. Pozzan T. Volterra A. Prostaglandins stimulate calcium-dependent glutamate release in astrocytes. Nature. 391:281-5, (1998).
• Pasti L. Volterra A. Pozzan T. Carmignoto G. Intracellular calcium oscillations in astrocytes: a highly plastic, bidirectional form of communication between neurons and astrocytes in situ Journal of Neuroscience 17:7817-7830 (1997)
• Trotti D. Rossi D. Gjesdal O. Levy LM. Racagni G. Danbolt NC. Volterra A. Peroxynitrite inhibits glutamate transporter subtypes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(11):5976-9 (1996).
• Sweatt JD. Volterra A. Edmonds B. Karl KA. Siegelbaum SA. Kandel ER. FMRFamide reverses protein phosphorylation produced by 5-HT and cAMP in Aplysia sensory neurons. Nature. 342(6247):275-8 (1989).
• Buttner N. Siegelbaum SA. Volterra A. Direct modulation of Aplysia S-K+ channels by a 12-lipoxygenase metabolite of arachidonic acid Nature. 342:553-5 (1989).
• Lotan I. Volterra A. Dash P. Siegelbaum SA. Goelet P. Blockade of ion channel expression in Xenopus oocytes with complementary DNA probes to Na+ and K+ channel mRNAs. Neuron. 1:963-71 (1988).
• Volterra A. Siegelbaum SA.Role of two different guanine nucleotide-binding proteins in the antagonistic odulation of the S-type K+ channel by cAMP and arachidonic acid metabolites n Aplysia sensory neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 85:7810-4 (1988).
• Piomelli D. Volterra A. Dale N. Siegelbaum SA. Kandel ER. Schwartz JH. Belardetti F. Lipoxygenase metabolites of arachidonic acid as second messengers for presynaptic inhibition of Aplysia sensory cells. Nature. 328:38-43 (1987).