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Leonardo Bontempi

Italian Institute of TechnologyORCID 0000-0002-3649-4239Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Aleesha Shi· 1 shared Arjen J. BoenderiD· 1 shared Brenda C. ShieldsiD· 1 shared Carlos A. ZarateiD· 1 shared Federica Lucantonio· 1 shared Francesca Romana FiocchiiD· 1 shared Jacob RoegliniD· 1 shared Jaden Lu· 1 shared

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Ketamine rescues anhedonia by cell-type and input specific adaptations in the Nucleus Accumbens

Federica Lucantonio, Jacob Roeglin, Shuwen Li, Jaden Lu, Aleesha Shi, Katherine Czerpaniak, Francesca Romana Fiocchi, Leonardo Bontempi, Brenda C. Shields, Carlos A. Zarate, Michael R. Tadross, Marco Pignatelli

This study shows ketamine rescues stress-induced anhedonia in mice by cell-type-specific adaptations and input-specific synaptic changes in the nucleus accumbens.

Neuron · Mar 19, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Plasticity of the glutamate transporter EAAT2 on striatal astrocytes regulates flexibility inbehavior

Arjen J. Boender, Leonardo Bontempi, Luca Nava, Yann Pelloux, Raffaella Tonini

This study shows that EAAT2 plasticity in striatal astrocytes affects behavioral flexibility, with overtraining leading to EAAT2 upregulation and impaired flexibility.

Biological Psychiatry · Nov 23, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience