Toxicology Laboratory
RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS
1 Maria Rosaria Carratù
2 Raffaele Cagiano
3 Patrizia Chiarappa
4 Addolorata Coluccia
5 Vittorio Fattori
6 Annabella Vitalone
AFFILIATION
1 Department of Pharmacology and General Physiology, Medical School – University of Bari
GROUP DATA
Address Piazza Giulio Cesare – 70124 Bari
Phone +390805478455
Fax +390805478444
E-mail mrc@farmacol.uniba.it
Web Site 
RESEARCH TOPICS
1 In vitro models for the evaluation of biological mechanisms of neurotoxic substances
2 In vivo and in vitro neurotoxicity of PCB and methylmercury
3 In vitro models for the evaluation of biological mechanisms of mycotoxins
EDUCATION IN TOXICOLOGY
COLLABORATIONS
1 University of Pavia – Dept. of Internal Medicine and Medical Therapy and Dept. of Physiological Pharmacological Cellular and Molecular Sciences
2 University of Parma – ISPESL Research Center and Laboratory of Industrial Toxicology
3 University of Roma “La Sapienza” – Dept. of Pharmacology of Natural Substances and General Physiology
4 Institute of Environmental Medicine - Division of Toxicology and Neurotoxicology, Karolinska Institutet - Stockholm (Sweden)
5 Fundacion Valenciana de Investigaciones Biomedicas - Laboratory of Neurobiology, Valencia (Spain)
6 University Victor Segalen Bordeaux – Dept. of Toxicology, Laboratory of Toxicology and Applied Hygiene, Bordeaux (France)
7 University of Washington – Dept. of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Seattle WA (USA)
PUBLICATIONS
1 Mobio TA, Tavan E, Baudrimont I, Anane R, Carratù MR, Sanni A, Gbeassor MF, Shier TW, Narbonne JF, Creppy EE (2003). Comparative study of the toxic effects of fumonisin B1 in rat C6 glioma cells and p53-null mouse embryo fibroblasts. Toxicology 183(1-3):65-75.
2 Carratù MR, Cassano T, Coluccia A, Borracci P, Cuomo V (2003). Antinutritional effects of fumonisin B1 and pathophysiological consequences. Toxicol Lett 140-141:459-63.
3 Costa LG, Richter RJ, Li WF, Cole T, Guizzetti M, Furlong CE (2003). Paraoxonase (PON1) as a biomarker of susceptibility for organophosphate toxicity. Biomarkers 8:1-12.
4 Creppy EE, Traore A, Baudrimont I, Cascante M, Carratù MR (2002). Recent advances in the study of epigenetic effects induced by the phycotoxin okadaic acid. Toxicology 181-182:433-9.
5 Branchi I, Alleva E, Costa LG (2002). Effects of perinatal exposure to a polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE 99) on mouse neurobehavioral development. Neurotoxicology 23: 375-384.

  Ultimo aggiornamento: Dicembre 2005