From Anatomy to Function of the Central Nervous System: Clinical and Neurosurgical Applications

About

Dr Ascenzi received his Bachelors Degree in Techniques of Biomedical Laboratory and his Masters Degree in Neurobiology (Medical Biotechnology) at School of Medicine and Surgery University of Rome Tor Vergata”. Over the years he took part in several research project about neuromuscular diseases such as Duchennes Muscular Dystrophy at the Institute of Histology and Embryology of University of Rome La Sapienza” and at the School of Sciences (MM.PH.NN) of Tor Vergata” University. Since 2015 to middle 2016 he worked at National Research Council CNR” to a project on the mechanism of maturation and secretion of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) in a murine model of diabetic and Alzheimer-like encephalopathy. In 2017 he won the European PhD Marie Curie” fellowship and he worked at the Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa” of Madrid in collaboration with University of Lund Polytechnic University of Milan Barcelona Oslo Munich and others. His fields of research interest mainly focus on the modulation of brain development through neurotransmitters and peptides in the field of neurodevelopmental diseases (ASD ADHD). Recently he also started to participate at neurosurgical and radiological works. Currently he is majoring in Medicine he is 33 years old and this is his first monography.