Susanna Rosi, PhD

Education

• BS, Science, University of Florence, Italy, 1995
• PhD, Biological Sciences, University of Florence, Italy, 2000
• Postdoctoral, Pharmacology, University of Florence, Italy, 2000-01
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 2002-06

Clinical and Research Interests

• Neuroinflammation
• Traumatic brain injury
• Therapeutic cranial irradiation and cognition
• Space irradiation and cognition
• Innate immune system and cognition
• Synaptic plasticity, hippocampal learning and memory
• Plasticity-related immediate early gene Arc (activity regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein)
• Tumor Necrosis Factor-(TNF-α), learning and memory
• Prefrontal cortex injury and cognitive functions