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Emigrants in the 30s of the 900 moving from Calabria overseas are made up of individuals who belo... more Emigrants in the 30s of the 900 moving from Calabria overseas are made up of individuals who belong to the "culture of poverty", characterized by the absence of choices and alternatives in the total exclusion of economic and political power. The only possible alternative, or experienced as such, is to rely on divine protection, graced by the repetition of an annual celebration, where the dollars sent home show social status changed emigrants (often absent), which not only feed the ritual, but keep alive a centuries-old tradition. One of the many scenarios in which it engages this dynamism is the ritual of Easter Tuesday that takes place in Dasa, small agricultural town of Calabria, where Dasa’s emigrant solidarity through the aggregation of the Brotherhood of belonging to 'rise to new cultural productions, in different social relations and thus the formation of an identity "other", determined by economic wealth reached. There are various moments of the rite...
Although the role of adult hippocampal neurogenesis remains to be fully elucidated, several studi... more Although the role of adult hippocampal neurogenesis remains to be fully elucidated, several studies suggest that the process is involved in cognitive and emotional functions and deregulated in various neuropsychiatric disorders, including major depression. Interestingly, several psychoactive drugs, including antidepressants, can modulate adult neurogenesis. Here we show This article has not been copyedited and formatted. The final version may differ from this version.
The Journal of …, 2008
Neurogenesis proceeds throughout adulthood in the brain of most mammalian species, but the molecu... more Neurogenesis proceeds throughout adulthood in the brain of most mammalian species, but the molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of stem/progenitor cell proliferation, survival, maturation, and differentiation have not been completely unraveled. We have studied hippocampal neurogenesis in NF-kappaB p50-deficient mice. Here we demonstrate that in absence of p50, the net rate of neural precursor proliferation does not change, but some of the steps leading to the final neuron differentiation status are hampered, resulting in approximately 50% reduction in the number of newly born neurons in the adult mutant hippocampus. Additionally, in p50(-/-) mice, we observed a selective defect in short-term spatial memory performance without impairment of hippocampal-dependent spatial long-term memory and learning. Our results highlight the role of NF-kappaB p50 in hippocampal neurogenesis and in short-term spatial memory.
Emigrants in the 30s of the 900 moving from Calabria overseas are made up of individuals who belo... more Emigrants in the 30s of the 900 moving from Calabria overseas are made up of individuals who belong to the "culture of poverty", characterized by the absence of choices and alternatives in the total exclusion of economic and political power. The only possible alternative, or experienced as such, is to rely on divine protection, graced by the repetition of an annual celebration, where the dollars sent home show social status changed emigrants (often absent), which not only feed the ritual, but keep alive a centuries-old tradition. One of the many scenarios in which it engages this dynamism is the ritual of Easter Tuesday that takes place in Dasa, small agricultural town of Calabria, where Dasa’s emigrant solidarity through the aggregation of the Brotherhood of belonging to 'rise to new cultural productions, in different social relations and thus the formation of an identity "other", determined by economic wealth reached. There are various moments of the rite...
Although the role of adult hippocampal neurogenesis remains to be fully elucidated, several studi... more Although the role of adult hippocampal neurogenesis remains to be fully elucidated, several studies suggest that the process is involved in cognitive and emotional functions and deregulated in various neuropsychiatric disorders, including major depression. Interestingly, several psychoactive drugs, including antidepressants, can modulate adult neurogenesis. Here we show This article has not been copyedited and formatted. The final version may differ from this version.
The Journal of …, 2008
Neurogenesis proceeds throughout adulthood in the brain of most mammalian species, but the molecu... more Neurogenesis proceeds throughout adulthood in the brain of most mammalian species, but the molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of stem/progenitor cell proliferation, survival, maturation, and differentiation have not been completely unraveled. We have studied hippocampal neurogenesis in NF-kappaB p50-deficient mice. Here we demonstrate that in absence of p50, the net rate of neural precursor proliferation does not change, but some of the steps leading to the final neuron differentiation status are hampered, resulting in approximately 50% reduction in the number of newly born neurons in the adult mutant hippocampus. Additionally, in p50(-/-) mice, we observed a selective defect in short-term spatial memory performance without impairment of hippocampal-dependent spatial long-term memory and learning. Our results highlight the role of NF-kappaB p50 in hippocampal neurogenesis and in short-term spatial memory.