Associate Professor
Ph.D., International School for
Advanced Studies, Italy
Neurotransmitter Modulation in the
Auditory Cortex

Email: marco.atzori@utdallas.edu
Phone: 972-883-4311
Office: JO 4.212

Laboratory of Cell and Synaptic Physiology Website

Research Interests

My investigation focuses on local properties of the auditory cortex. I am interested in the cellular and synaptic physiology of different cell types, the relationship between their physiological and morphological properties, and how the presence of different neuromodulators affects cortical activity. I mainly use electrophysiology and immunohistochemistry in rodent brain slices.

Recent Publications

F. Dufour, Q. Liu, M. Atzori
Effects of cholesterol-rich diet on the rat on spatial memory. Brain Res. 2006, 1103, 88-98.

C. Cui, M. Xu, M. Atzori
Voltage-dependent Block of NMDA Receptors by Dopamine D1 Receptor Ligands. Molecular Pharm. 2006, 70, 1761-70.

J. Nichols, V. Jakkamsetti, H. Salgado, M. Kilgard, M. Atzori
Environmental enrichment selectively increases excitatory synaptic transmission to layer 2/3 in the temporal cortex. Neuroscience, 2007, av. ahead of print Feb. 7.

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