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School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences - The University of Texas at Dallas

Marco Atzori

 

Marco Atzori

Associate Professor

PhD, International School for Advanced Studies, Italy

Neurotransmitter Modulation in the Auditory Cortex

 

JO 4.212

972-883-4311 phone

marco.atzori@utdallas.edu email

 

Laboratory of Synaptic and Cellular 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

 

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

 

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

 

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