Alessandro Arena

Researcher - Brain Signalling
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Email alessandro.arena@medisin.uio.no
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Visiting address Sognsvannsveien 9 Domus Medica 0372 OSLO
Postal address Postboks 1103 Blindern 0317 OSLO

Academic interests

  • Cognitive and system neuroscience
  • Brain states (wakefulness, sleep, anesthesia)
  • Visual system 
  • Learning and memory
  • Neuronal plasticity and critical preriod
  • Synaptic transmission

Background

  • 2007-2010: Master in Cognitive Neuroscience at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, IT
  • 2010-2014: Phd in Physiology at University of Milan, IT
  • 2014-2016: Postdoc at Neurobiology of Learning Lab, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, IT
  • 2016-today: Postdoc at Brain Signaling Unit, University of Oslo, NO

Publications

  • Ferro, Mattia; Lamanna, Jacopo; Ripamonti, Maddalena; Racchetti, Gabriella; Arena, Alessandro; Spadini, Sara; Montesano, Giovanni; Cortese, Riccardo; Zimarino, Vincenzo & Malgaroli, Antonio (2017). Functional mapping of brain synapses by the enriching activity-marker SynaptoZip. Nature Communications.  ISSN 2041-1723. 8(1). doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01335-4
  • Arena, Alessandro; Lamanna Jacopo; Gemma Marco; Ripamonti Maddalena; Ravasio Giuliano; Zimarino Vincenzo; De Vitis Assunta; Beretta Luigi & Malgaroli Antonio (2016). Linear transformation of the encoding mechanism for light-intensity underlies the paradoxical enhancement of cortical visual responses by sevoflurane. The Journal of Physiology. 595(1). doi: 10.1113/JP272215
  • Montesano, Giovanni; Belfiore, Marcello; Ripamonti, Maddalena; Arena, Alessandro; Lamanna, Jacopo; Ferro, Mattia; Zimarino, Vincenzo; Ambrosi, Alessandro & Malgaroli Antonio (2015). Effects of the Concomitant Activation of ON and OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells on the Visual Thalamus: Evidence for an Enhanced Recruitment of GABAergic Cells. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 9. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2015.00077
  • Ferro, Mattia; Lamanna, Jacopo; Ripamonti, Maddalena; Racchetti, Gabriella; Arena, Alessandro; Spadini, Sara; Montesano, Giovanni; Cortese, Riccardo; Zimarino, Vincenzo & Malgaroli, Antonio (2017). Functional mapping of brain synapses by the enriching activity-marker SynaptoZip. Nature Communications.  ISSN 2041-1723.  8(1) . doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01335-4 Full text in Research Archive.

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  • Arena, Alessandro (2018). Conscious vs. unconscious brain states in rodents.
  • Arena, Alessandro; Comolatti, Renzo; Casali, Adenauer G. & Storm, Johan F. (2018). A New Approach For Assessing Perturbational Complexity In Rats.
  • Arena, Alessandro; Comolatti, Renzo; Casali, Adenauer G. & Storm, Johan F. (2018). Cortical complexity and cause‐effect power are reduced by general anesthesia compared to wakefulness in rats.
  • Pigorini, Andrea; Arena, Alessandro; Barbero Castillo, A.; Wolff, A.; Galluzzi, A.; Raimondo, F.; Gosseries, Olivia; Fecchio, Matteo; Pazienti, A.; Gorostiza, P.; Mikulan, E.; Nieus, Thierry; Barra, A.; Laureys, Steven; Storm, Johan F.; Mattia, Maurizio; Sanchez-Vives, M.V. & Massimini, Marcello (2018). Consciousness and brain complexity: a multi-scale exploration across species and model.
  • Arena, Alessandro (2017). Toward exploration of cortical complexity in rats.
  • Arena, Alessandro & Storm, Johan Frederik (2017). TOWARD THE EXPLORATION OF COMPLEXITY IN RATS.
  • Nilsen, Andre Sevenius; Arena, Alessandro; Juel, Bjørn Erik; Storm, Johan Frederik; Murphy, Ricardo; Hu, Hua & Hagger-Vaughan, Nicholas (2017). Forsknigstorget: Hvordan kan hjernen skape bevissthet.

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Published May 14, 2018 12:03 AM - Last modified June 1, 2019 5:41 PM

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