Clinical Neuropsychology: Open Access
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Biography

Ph.D. in Neuroscience (Doctorat d'Etat ès Sciences), University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, 1984. Researcher (full position) at the Istituto di Psicobiologia e Psicofarmacologia of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Rome, Italy, 1977-1991. Full Professor of Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Rome "La Sapienza" Italy, 1991 to present. Director of the Department of Psychology, University of Rome "La Sapienza" 1995-2003. Chief of the Laboratory of Behavioral Neurobiology at Fondazione Santa Lucia, IRCCS, Rome, Italy, 2000 to present. Dean of the 1st Faculty of Psychology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 2003 to 2009. Director Research Center of Neurobiology “Daniel Bovet”, Sapienza University of Rome, 2009 to present.

Research Interest

Neural mechanisms of learning and memory, emotion and motivation, with particular emphasis on neurotransmission and neuroplasticity in mesocorticolimbic and mesocorticostriatal systems; preclinical models of psychopathologies such as stress, addiction, and depression; translational models of Phenylketonuria to envisage genetic and environmental susceptibility factors.

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Publications

Neuropsychology: Anxiety Disorder and Management

Stefano Puglisi-Allegra

: Clin Neuropsychol 2022, 5: 130