Sale Alessandro
Senior research scientist
Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 1
56124 - Pisa
Tel 050-3153196
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Translational Neuroscience
Research summary
My research activity is primarily focused on the influence of environmental stimulation on central nervous system development and plasticity, with particular emphasis on the effects elicited by paradigms of non invasive enriched experience on both the healthy and the pathological brain. Ongoing research is particularly oriented towards the application of basic research findings to humans.
Representative publications
Alessandro Sale is Editor of the book "Environmental Experience and Plasticity of the Developing Brain" (2016), Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN:978-1-118-93165-3
Baroncelli, L., Scali, L., Sansevero, G., Olimpico, F., Manno, I., Costa, M., Sale, A. Experience affects critical period plasticity in the visual cortex through an epigenetic regulation of histone post-translational modifications. Journal of Neuroscience (2016) 36: 3430-40.
Lunghi, C., Sale, A. A cycling lane for brain rewiring. Current Biology
(2015) 25, R1122-R1123.
Sale, A., Berardi, N., Maffei, L. Environment and brain plasticity: towards an endogenous pharmacotherapy. Environment and brain plasticity: towards an endogenous pharmacotherapy. Physiological Reviews (2014) 94: 189-234.
Sale, A., Vetencourt, J.F.M., Medini, P., Cenni, M.C., Maffei, L.
Environmental enrichment in adulthood promotes amblyopia recovery through a reduction of intracortical inhibition. Nature Neuroscience (2007) 10:679-681.