RICERCA ITALIANA     

Programmi di ricerca simili:

• 1 - Scrapie ovina: Ruolo del sistema nervoso autonomo in relazione al genotipo dell'ospite.
• 2 - Modulazione dei meccanismi di apoptosi in corso di risposta immunitaria/infiammatoria: studio delle interazioni tra citochine della famiglia del TNF per la caratterizzazione di meccanismi molecolari e cellulari funzionali alla identificazione di nuovi target per la terapia di malattie croniche degenerative.
• 3 - Studi struttura-funzione sulle neurotrofine e loro precursori nella funzione presinaptica, nella epilettogenesi e nella neurogenesi adulta
• 4 - BETA AMILOIDE: IL PRINCIPALE RESPONSABILE DELLA NEURODEGENERAZIONE NELLA MALATTIA DI ALZHEIMER O UN NUOVO NEUROMODULATORE?
• 5 - INTERRELAZIONI TRA LA PERMEABILITÀ IONICA DI MEMBRANA E LO STATO REDOX INTRACELLULARE NEI PROCESSI NEURODEGENERATIVI: AZIONE DEI PEPTIDI AMILOIDI IN CELLULE NEURONALI E GLIALI.
• 6 - RUOLO DELLO STRESS OSSIDATIVO NEI PROCESSI NEUROINFIAMMATORI ASSOCIATI ALL'INFEZIONE DA HIV
• 7 - Modelli animali di sviluppo e differenziamento normale e patologico del sistema nervoso centrale
• 8 - Rapporto ospite parassita nelle infezioni da clamidie e spirochete: immunità naturale e metabolismo lipidico studiati con tecniche convenzionali e con DNA microarray
• 9 - IMMUNITA' INNATA E MALATTIA CELIACA
• 10 - METABOLISMO LOCALE ED ESPRESSIONE GENICA: NUOVE PROSPETTIVE IN CHIRURGIA

Classificazione scientifico-disciplinare

• Area scientifico disciplinare: Scienze agrarie e veterinarie
  • ANATOMIA DEGLI ANIMALI DOMESTICI
  • PATOLOGIA GENERALE E ANATOMIA PATOLOGICA VETERINARIA

Classificazione brevettuale

• CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
    • MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES OR MICRO-ORGANISMS (immunoassay G01N33/53); COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES
    • MICRO-ORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF (biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, containing micro-organisms, viruses, microbial fungi, enzymes, fermentates or substances produced by or extracted from micro-organisms or animal material A01N63/00; food compositions A21, A23; medicinal preparations A61K; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for, bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; fertilisers C05); PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICRO-ORGANISMS (preservation of living parts of humans or animals A01N1/02); MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA (micro-biological testing media C12Q)

Classificazione geografica

• Regione: Emilia Romagna

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Parole Chiave

SCRAPIE, MALATTIE DA PRIONI, PECORA, SISTEMA NERVOSO ENTERICO, SISTEMA NERVOSO CENTRALE, NEURODEGENERAZIONE, SISTEMA LINFORETICOLARE, CELLULE GLIALI, IMMUNOISTOCHIMICA