Publications
Selected recent publications
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Cavallari N., Frigato E., Vallone D., Fröhlich N., Lopez Olmeda J.F., Foà A., Berti R., Sánchez Vázquez F.J., Bertolucci C., Foulkes N.S. (2011) A Blind Circadian Clock in Cavefish Reveals that Opsins Mediate Peripheral Clock Photoreception. PLoS Biology 9(9): e1001142.
Piccione G., Giannetto C., Fazio F., Bertolucci C. (2011) Daily variations of serum lipids in Ovis aries under different lighting and feeding conditions. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition 95: 603-608.
Pinotti M., Bertolucci C., Frigato E., Branchini A., Cavallari N., Baba K., Contreras-Alcantara S., Ehlen C., Bernardi F., Paul K.N., Tosini G. (2010) - Chronic sleep deprivation markedly reduces coagulation factor VII expression. Haematologica 95: 1429-1432
Beltrami G., Parretta A., Bertolucci C., Petrucci F., Foà A. (2010) - Sky polarization compass in lizards: a central role of the parietal eye. J. Exp. Biol. 213: 2048-2054.
Mazzotta G.M., De Pittà C., Benna C., Tosatto S.C.E., Lanfranchi G., Bertolucci C., Costa R. (2010) - A cry from the krill. Chronobiol. Int. 27(3): 425–445
Foà A., Basaglia F., Beltrami G., Carnacina M., Moretto E., Bertolucci C. (2009) - Orientation of lizards in a Morris water-maze: roles of the sun compass and the parietal eye. J. Exp. Biol., 212(18):2918-2924.
Frigato E., Lunghi L., Ferretti M.E., Biondi C., Bertolucci C. (2009) - Evidence for circadian rhythms in human trophoblast cell line that persist in hypoxia. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 378(1):108-111.
Bertolucci C., Giudice E., Fazio F., Piccione G. (2009) - Circadian intraocular pressure rhythms in athletic horses under different lighting regime. Chronobiol. Int., 26(2):348-358.
Bertolucci C., Giannetto C., Fazio F., Piccione G (2008) Seasonal variations in daily rhythms of activity in athletic horses. Animal, 2(7): 1055-1060.
Bertolucci C., Cavallari N., Colognesi I., Aguzzi J., Chen Z., Caruso P., Foà A., Tosini G., Bernardi F., Pinotti M. (2008) - Evidence for an overlapping role of clock and npas2 transcription factors in liver circadian oscillators. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 28(9):3070-3075.
De Pittà C, Bertolucci C., Mazzotta G.M., Bernante F., Rizzo G., De Nardi B., Pallavicini A., Lanfranchi G., Costa R. (2008) - Systematic sequencing of mRNA from the Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and first tissue specific transcriptional segnature. BMC Genomics 9:45.
Piccione G., Bertolucci C., Caola G., Foà A. (2007) - Effects of restricted feeding on circadian activity rhythms of sheep - a brief report. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 107(3-4):233-238.
Malatesta M., Frigato E., Baldelli B., Battistelli S., Foà A., Bertolucci C. (2007) - Influence of temperature on the liver circadian clock in the ruin lizard Podarcis sicula. Microscopy Research and Technique, 70(7):578-584.
Colognesi I., Pasquali V., Foà A., Renzi P., Bernardi F., Bertolucci C., Pinotti M. (2007) - Temporal variations of coagulation factor VII activity in mice are influenced by lighting regime. Chronobiology Int., 24(2):305-313
Vallone D., Frigato E., Vernesi C., Foà A., Foulkes N.S., Bertolucci C. (2007) - Hypothermia modulates circadian clock gene expression in lizard peripheral tissues. Am. J. Physiol., 292: R160-R166.
Pavan B., Frigato E., Pozzati S, Prasad P.D., Bertolucci C., Biondi C. (2006) - Circadian clocks regulate adenylyl cyclase activity rhythms in human RPE cells. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 350(1): 169-173.
Frigato E., Vallone D., Bertolucci C., Foulkes N.S. (2006) - Isolation and characterization of melanopsin and pinopsin expression within photoreceptive sites of reptiles. Naturwissenschaften 93(8):379-385.
Foà A., Brandstätter R., Bertolucci C. (2006) - The circadian system of ruin lizards: a seasonally changing neuroendocrine loop? Chronobiology Int. 23(1-2): 317-327
Bertolucci C., Caola G., Foà A., Piccione G. (2005) - Daily rhythms of serum leptin in ewes: effects of feeding, pregnancy and lactation. Chronobiology Int. 22(5): 817-827.
Bertolucci C., Pinotti M., Colognesi I., Foà A., Bernardi F., Portaluppi F. (2005) - Circadian Rhythms in Mouse Blood Coagulation. Journal of Biological Rhythms 20(3): 219-224.
Pinotti M., Bertolucci C., Portaluppi F., Colognesi I., Frigato E., Foà A., Bernardi F. (2005) - Daily and circadian rhythms of TFPI and Factor VII activity. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 25: 646-649.
Magnone M.C., Jacobmeier B., Bertolucci C., Foà A., Albrecht U. (2005) - Circadian expression of the clock gene Per2 is altered in the ruin lizard (Podarcis sicula) when temperature changes. Mol. Brain Res. 133: 281-285.
Bertolucci C., Foà A. (2004) - Extraocular photoreception and circadian entrainment in non-mammalian vertebrates. Chronobiology Int. 21(4-5): 501-519.
Piccione G., Bertolucci C., Foà A., Caola G. (2004) - Influence of fasting and exercise on the daily rhythm of serum leptin in the horse. Chronobiology Int. 21(3):405-417.
Pasqualetti M., Bertolucci C., Ori M., Innocenti A., Magnone M.C., De Grip W.J., Nardi I., Foà A. (2003) - Identification of circadian brain photoreceptors mediating photic entrainment of behavioural rhythms in lizards. Eur. J. Neurosc. 18: 364-372.
Magnone M.C., Bertolucci C., Piazza F., Foà A. (2003) - Daily and circadian rhythms of neurotransmitters and related compounds in the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nuclei of a diurnal vertebrate. Brain Res. 973(1): 115-121.
Foà A., Bertolucci C. (2003) - Toward a seasonal model of the circadian system: the case of ruin lizards. Front. Bioscience 8: 236-242.
Bertolucci C., Wagner G., Foà A., Gwinner E., Brandstaetter R. (2003) - Photoperiod affects amplitude but not duration of in vitro melatonin production in the ruin lizard Podarcis sicula. J. Biol. Rhythms 18(1): 63-70.
