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Neuroscientist with medical writing experience

Profile Summary

I am a neuroscientist with experience in medical writing. In more than 15 years in preclinical research, I have published a number of peer-reviewed publications in prestigious journals (Nature Neuroscience, PNAS, Cell Reports...). Since 2017, I have also been working as a freelance medical translator (English/Italian/Serbo-Croatian). I enjoy writing and translating complex medical and scientific information into clear messages for any type of audience.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Neuroscience
• ★ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ★ Language Translation
• ☆ Neurobiology
• ☆ Drug Discovery
• ☆ Drug Target Identification
• ☆ Drug Development
• ☆ Neurology
• ☆ Parkinson's Disease
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Experimental Protocols
• ☆ White Papers
• ☆ Case Studies
• ☆ Textbook Content Writing
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Grant Writing

Services

• Writing

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Medical Writing, Translation

Work Experience

Senior research fellow/senior lecturer

Mario Negri

July 2013 - Present

Education

Clinical Trial of Drugs

School of Education Pisa - Italy

January 2012 - January 2013

Ph.D., Neuroscience

University of Roma "La Sapienza" - Italy

October 2005 - May 2009

BSc in Biological Sciences

University of Roma "La Sapienza" - Italy

September 1999 - May 2004

Certifications

• Good Clinical Practice

  NIDA Clinical Trials Network

  June 2022 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

La Vitola P, Balducci C, Baroni M, Artioli L, Santamaria G, Castiglioni M, Cerovic M, Colombo L, Caldinelli L, Pollegioni L, et al.(2020). Peripheral inflammation exacerbates α-synuclein toxicity and neuropathology in Parkinson's models . Neuropathology and applied neurobiology.

Kostoula, C., Shaker, T., Cerovic, M., Craparotta, I., Marchini, S., Butti, E., Pascente, R., Iori, V., Garlanda, C., Aronica, E., et al.(2019). TLR3 preconditioning induces anti-inflammatory and anti-ictogenic effects in mice mediated by the IRF3/IFN-β axis . Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 81. p. 598-607.

Cerovic, M., Forloni, G., Balducci, C.(2019). Neuroinflammation and the Gut Microbiota: Possible Alternative Therapeutic Targets to Counteract Alzheimer’s Disease? . Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 11.

La Vitola, P., Balducci, C., Cerovic, M., Santamaria, G., Brandi, E., Grandi, F., Caldinelli, L., Colombo, L., Morgese, M.G., Trabace, L., et al.(2018). Alpha-synuclein oligomers impair memory through glial cell activation and via Toll-like receptor 2 . Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 69. p. 591-602.

Papale, A., d'Isa, R., Menna, E., Cerovic, M., Solari, N., Hardingham, N., Cambiaghi, M., Cursi, M., Barbacid, M., Leocani, L., et al.(2017). Severe Intellectual Disability and Enhanced Gamma-Aminobutyric Acidergic Synaptogenesis in a Novel Model of Rare RASopathies . Biological Psychiatry. 81. (3). p. 179-192.

Iori, V., Iyer, A.M., Ravizza, T., Beltrame, L., Paracchini, L., Marchini, S., Cerovic, M., Hill, C., Ferrari, M., Zucchetti, M., et al.(2017). Blockade of the IL-1R1/TLR4 pathway mediates disease-modification therapeutic effects in a model of acquired epilepsy . Neurobiology of Disease. 99. p. 12-23.

Nyeste, A., Stincardini, C., Bencsura, P., Cerovic, M., Biasini, E., Welker, E.(2016). The prion protein family member Shadoo induces spontaneous ionic currents in cultured cells . Scientific Reports. 6.

Massignan, T., Cimini, S., Stincardini, C., Cerovic, M., Vanni, I., Elezgarai, S.R., Moreno, J., Stravalaci, M., Negro, A., Sangiovanni, V., et al.(2016). A cationic tetrapyrrole inhibits toxic activities of the cellular prion protein . Scientific Reports. 6.

Cerovic, M., Bagetta, V., Pendolino, V., Ghiglieri, V., Fasano, S., Morella, I., Hardingham, N., Heuer, A., Papale, A., Marchisella, F., et al.(2015). Derangement of ras-guanine nucleotide-releasing factor 1 (Ras-GRF1) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) dependent striatal plasticity in L-DOPA-Induced dyskinesia . Biological Psychiatry. 77. (2). p. 106-115.

Trusel, M., Cavaccini, A., Gritti, M., Greco, B., Saintot, P.-P., Nazzaro, C., Cerovic, M., Morella, I., Brambilla, R., Tonini, R.(2015). Coordinated Regulation of Synaptic Plasticity at Striatopallidal and Striatonigral Neurons Orchestrates Motor Control . Cell Reports. 13. (7). p. 1353-1365.

Cerovic, M., D'Isa, R., Tonini, R., Brambilla, R.(2013). Molecular and cellular mechanisms of dopamine-mediated behavioral plasticity in the striatum . Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 105. p. 63-80.

Nazzaro, C., Greco, B., Cerovic, M., Baxter, P., Rubino, T., Trusel, M., Parolaro, D., Tkatch, T., Benfenati, F., Pedarzani, P., et al.(2012). SK channel modulation rescues striatal plasticity and control over habit in cannabinoid tolerance . Nature Neuroscience. 15. (2). p. 284-293.

Fasano, S., Bezard, E., D'Antoni, A., Francardo, V., Indrigo, M., Qin, L., Doveró, S., Cerovic, M., Cenci, M.A., Brambilla, R.(2010). Inhibition of Ras-guanine nucleotide-releasing factor 1 (Ras-GRF1) signaling in the striatum reverts motor symptoms associated with L-dopa-induced dyskinesia . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107. (50). p. 21824-21829.

Papale, A., Cerovic, M., Brambilla, R.(2009). Viral vector approaches to modify gene expression in the brain . Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 185. (1). p. 1-14.

Tonini, R., Ciardo, S., Cerovic, M., Rubino, T., Parolaro, D., Mazzanti, M., Zippel, R.(2006). ERK-dependent modulation of cerebellar synaptic plasticity after chronic Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure . Journal of Neuroscience. 26. (21). p. 5810-5818.

PREPRINT

(2020). Cyclophilin A knock-out mice develop a pure frontotemporal dementia phenotype with marked TDP-43 pathology . [].