MUSAZZI LAURA

Role
Associate professor  
Academic disciplines
Pharmacology (BIOS-11/A)
Scientific-Disciplinary Group:
PHARMACOLOGY (05/BIOS-11)
Office phone

Publications

  • Mingardi, J., Salluzzo, M., Rimondini, R., Musazzi, L., Carboni, L. (2026). Major Depression-Associated NEGR1 Gene is Modulated in Stress-Susceptible Male Mice. FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE, 31(3) [10.31083/FBL49360]. Detail

  • Torrisi, S., Tropea, M., Rizzo, S., Giovenzana, M., Magri, C., Barbon, A., et al. (2026). Functional, synaptoproteomic and structural adaptations underlying sex-dependent traumatic stress susceptibility/resilience in the hippocampus. PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 223(January 2026) [10.1016/j.phrs.2025.108072]. Detail

  • Cherchi, L., Fantoni, L., Carozzi, V., Pozzi, E., Canta, A., Chiorazzi, A., et al. (2025). Investigation of Supraspinal Plasticity in a Rat Model of Painful Paclitaxel-induced Peripheral Neuropathy. Intervento presentato a: PNS (Peripheral Nerve Society)., Edimburgo, UK. Detail

  • Mingardi, J., Musazzi, L. (2025). Glutamatergic Changes Induced by Stress in the Brain and Effects of Rapid-Acting Antidepressants. In C.R. Martin, V.R. Preedy, V.B. Patel, R. Rajendram (a cura di), Handbook of the Biology and Pathology of Mental Disorders (pp. 901-923). Springer Nature [10.1007/978-3-031-73368-0_35]. Detail

  • Mingardi, J., Meanti, R., Paoli, C., Cifani, C., Torsello, A., Popoli, M., et al. (2025). Ghrelin, Neuroinflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Mood Disorders: What Are the Connections?. CURRENT NEUROPHARMACOLOGY, 23(2), 172-186 [10.2174/1570159x22999240722095039]. Detail

Research projects

GEEKS - Evaluation of Gene-Environment interaction and protective Effects of Ketamine in Shank2 and Shank3 mice- PNRR Missione 4 “Istruzione e ricerca” – Componente 2 “Dalla ricerca all’impresa” – Investimento 1.3, Avviso n. 341 del 15.03.2022 PE PE00000006
Year: 2023
Call: A multiscale integrated approach to the study of the nervous system in health and disease
Grantors: Università degli Studi di PARMA
Diseases induced by InflammAtion during DEvelopMent: the Adolescent window of susceptibility and resilience (DIADEMA)
Year: 2021
Call: FAQC 2021 - terza finestra
Grantors: Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA
DNA Methylation signature of KEtamine Response in the treatment of comorbid depression and anxiety (DNA-MaKER)
Year: 2020
Grantors: FONDAZIONE CARIPLO

Awards

Awards

  • PALADINI ITALIANI DELLA SALUTE, Associazione Liber, 2024
  • Premio Farmindustria-Società italiana di Farmacologia (SIF) giovani ricercatori, Farmindustria-Società italiana di Farmacologia (SIF), 2015
  • Premio SIF per ricerche di farmacologia, area Sistema Nervoso Centrale, bandito grazie al contributo incondizionato di Otsuka Pharmaceutical Italy Srl, 2014

Scientific fellowships

  • - The International College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2021
  • - European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2020
  • - Società Italiana di Neuroscienze, 2016
  • Fellow - European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP), 2010
  • - Società Italiana di Farmacologia, 2005

Research and teaching assignments

  • Visiting Researcher - Post-doc visiting scientist - Aarhus Universitet, 2010 - 2011
  • Ricercatore/Ricercatrice universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO, 2015 - 2018

Congresses/Conferences

  • - 35th WORLD CONGRESS World Congress Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum(Giappone), 2024
  • Program chair - School of Neuroscience: from cellular mechanisms to disease modelling(Italia), 2022