Role
Full Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Ferrara.
Bio
Graduated in Biological Sciences in 1988 and with a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology obtained in 1996 at the University of Ferrara, she is a full professor of Pharmacology at the Department of Translational Medicine and for Romagna of the same university.
His scientific activity focuses on the pharmacological, biochemical, and molecular study of adenosine receptors in the central nervous, cardiovascular, and immune systems. His research explores the role of adenosine receptors in various neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington's disease , Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis , as well as in chronic and neuropathic pain .
She also investigates the anti-inflammatory and protective effects of allosteric modulators in chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, in the onset of anxiety , and in the prevention of cancer (particularly pleural mesotheliomas). She has authored over 300 scientific articles published in high-impact international journals.