  | Mottarlini, F., Targa, G., Villers, A., Rizzi, B., Gainetdinov, R., Ris, L., Leo, D., Caffino, L., & Fumagalli, F. (20 December 2024). Memantine attenuates hyperlocomotion and restores the impaired striatal glutamatergic neurotransmission induced by genetic deletion of the dopamine transporter in rats. Neuroscience Applied, 3, 104316. doi:10.1016/j.nsa.2024.104316  Editorial reviewed |
 | Caffino, L.* , Targa, G.* , Mottarlini, F., Thielens, S., Rizzi, B., VILLERS, A., Ris, L., Gainetdinov, R. R., Leo, D.* , & Fumagalli, F.*. (2024). Memantine-induced functional rewiring of the glutamate synapse in the striatum of dopamine transporter knockout rats. British Journal of Pharmacology. doi:10.1111/bph.17403 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi* These authors have contributed equally to this work. |
Targa, G., Caffino, L., Villers, A., Mottarlini, F., Lovera, A., Gainetdinov, R. R., Ris, L., Fumagalli, F., & Leo, D. (30 September 2022). Dopamine Transporter Knock‐out Rats (DAT KO) as an innovative animal model for Dopamine Transporter Deficiency Syndrome [Paper presentation]. Conference on rare neurotransmitter diseases, Belgrade, Serbia. Editorial reviewed |
 | Leo, D., Targa, G., Espinoza, S., Villers, A., Gainetdinov, R. R., & Ris, L. (15 July 2022). Trace Amine Associate Receptor 1 (TAAR1) as a New Target for the Treatment of Cognitive Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23 (14), 7811. doi:10.3390/ijms23147811 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
Targa, G., Caffino, L., Villers, A., Mottarlini, F., Lovera, A., Gainetdinov Raul, Ris, L., Leo, D., & Fumagalli, F. (11 July 2022). Deletion of the Dopamine Transporteur depotentiates the glutamatergic neurotransmission in the rat striatum [Poster presentation]. FENS Forum 2022, Paris, France. Editorial reviewed |
 | Villers, A., Espinoza, S., Dermine, E., Targa, G., Ris, L., Gainetdinov, R., & Leo, D. (29 May 2022). Dopamine Transporter Knock-out Rats an innovative animal model for dopamine related diseases [Poster presentation]. 8th Mediterranean Neuroscience Society Conference 2022, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Editorial reviewed |
 | Soresen, G., Rickhag, M., Leo, D., Lycas, M., Herrstedt Ridderstrøm, P., Weikop, P., Lilja, J., Rifes, P., Herborg, F., Woldbye, D., Wörtwein, G., Gainetdinov, R., Fink-Jensen, A., & Gether, U. (2021). Disruption of the PDZ domain-binding motif of the dopamine transporter uniquely alters nanoscale distribution, dopamine homeostasis, and reward motivation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
Leo, D. (17 October 2021). Young Scientists School ITBM SPbU 2021 [Paper presentation]. Young Scientists School ITBM SPbU 2020, on line, Unknown/unspecified. |
Leo, D. (18 May 2021). Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry (ICB), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), italie [Paper presentation]. Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry (ICB), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), on line, Italy. |
Leo, D. (15 April 2021). 'Neapolitan Brain Group' (http://www.neapolitanbraingroup.it/) meeting [Paper presentation]. IBBR-NBG Joint Seminar, on line, Italy. |
 | illiano, P., Leo, D., & Pardo, M. (2021). Early Adolescence Prefrontal Cortex Alterations in Female Rats Lacking Dopamine Transporter. Biomedicines. Peer reviewed |
Leo, D. (10 October 2020). 'ITBM School of Young Scientists' speaker [Paper presentation]. Young Scientists School ITBM SPbU 2020, on line, Unknown/unspecified. |
Leo, D. (15 July 2020). Trace amine associate receptor 1 (TAAR1) as a new target for the treatment of cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer disease [Paper presentation]. 12 FENS, Glasgow, United Kingdom. |
Leo, D., Espinoza, S., Villers, A., Gainetdinov, R., & Ris, L. (11 July 2020). Trace amine associate receptor 1 (TAAR1) as a new target for the treatment of cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer disease [Poster presentation]. 12 FENS, Glasgow, United Kingdom. Editorial reviewed |
 | Leo, D. (2020). Altered Sexual Behavior in Dopamine Transporter (DAT) Knockout Male Rats: A Behavioral, Neurochemical and Intracerebral Microdialysis Study. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Peer reviewed |
 | Leo, D. (2020). Trace Amine-Associated Receptor 5 Provides Olfactory Input Into Limbic Brain Areas and Modulates Emotional Behaviors and Serotonin Transmission. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. Peer reviewed |
 | Sukhanov, I., & Leo, D. (2019). Dopamine transporter knockout rats as the new preclinical model of hyper- and hypo-dopaminergic disorders. V.M. BEKHTEREV REVIEW OF PSYCHIATRY AND MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY. Peer reviewed |
 | Leo, D., Espinoza, S., Villers, A., Gainetdinov, R., & Ris, L. (2019). Trace amine associate receptor 1 (TAAR1) as a new target for the treatment of cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer disease. European Neuropsychopharmacology. Editorial reviewed |
Leo, D., Espinoza, S., Villers, A., Gainetdinov, R., & Ris, L. (24 May 2019). Trace amine associate receptor 1 (TAAR1) as a new target for the treatment of cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer disease [Poster presentation]. 13th National Congress of the Belgian Society for Neuroscience, Brussels, Belgium. Editorial reviewed |
  | Adinolfi, A., Zelli, S., Leo, D., & Carbone, C. (02 January 2019). Behavioral characterization of DAT-KO rats and evidence of asocial-like phenotypes in DAT-HET rats: The potential involvement of norepinephrine system. Behavioural Brain Research, 359, 516-527. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2018.11.028 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Leo, D. (2018). Novel translational rat models of dopamine transporter deficiency. Neural Regeneration Research. Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Leo, D. (2018). Biochemical and Functional Characterization of the Trace Amine-Associated Receptor 1 (TAAR1) Agonist RO5263397. Frontiers in Pharmacology. Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Leo, D. (2018). Biochemical and Functional Characterization of the Trace Amine-Associated Receptor 1 (TAAR1) Agonist RO5263397. Frontiers in Pharmacology. Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Leo, D. (2018). Novelty-related behavior of young and adult dopamine transporter knockout rats: Implication for cognitive and emotional phenotypic patterns. Genes, Brain, and Behavior. Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Leo, D. (2018). Novelty-related behavior of young and adult dopamine transporter knockout rats: Implication for cognitive and emotional phenotypic patterns. Genes, Brain, and Behavior. Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |