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PUBBLICATIONS:
1) Pessina F., McMurray G., Wiggin A. and Brading A.F. (1997). The effect of anoxia and glucose-
free solutions on the contractile response of guinea-pig detrusor strips to intrinsic nerve stimulation
and the application of excitatory agonists. J Urol, 157(6), 2375-80. (I.F. 2.896). ISSN 0022-5347,
stampato in U.S.A.
2) Fusi F., Marazova K., Pessina F., Petri C. and Sgaragli G.P. (1997). Can food antioxidants
prevent cancer and cardiovascular diseases? Acta Phytotherapeutica, 3, 10-20.
3) Pessina G.P., Aldinucci C. and Pessina F. (1999). Cytokine production by human peripheral
blood mononuclear cells exposed to low-frequency electromagnetic field. Electro- and
Magnetobiology, 18 (2), 107-118.
4) Aldinucci C., Palmi M., Sgaragli G.P., Benocci A., Meini A., Pessina F. and Pessina G.P. The
effect of pulsed electromagnetic fields on the physiologic behaviour of a human astrocytoma cell
line. (2000). Biochim Biophys Acta, 1499, 101-108. (I.F. 3.171). ISSN 0006-3002, stampato in
Olanda.
5) Valoti M., Fusi F., Frosini M., Pessina F., Tipton K.F. and Sgaragli G.P. (2000). Cytochrome
P450-dependent N-dealkylation of L-deprenyl in C57BL mouse liver microsomes: effects of in vivo
pretreatment with ethanol, phenobarbital, ß-naphthoflavone and L-deprenyl. European J
Pharmacol, 391, 199-206. (I.F. 2.236) ISSN 0014-2999, stampato in Olanda.
6) Fusi F., Marazova K., Pessina F., Gorelli B., Valoti M., Frosini M. and Sgaragli G.P. (2000). On
the mechanisms of the antispasmodic action of some hindered phenols in rat aorta rings. European J
Pharmacol, 394, 109-115. (I.F. 2.236). ISSN 0014-2999, stampato in Olanda.
7) Pessina F., Matteucci G., Esposito L., Gorelli B., Valoti M. and Sgaragli G.P. (2000). Protection
of intrinsic nerves of guinea-pig detrusor strips against anoxia/glucopenia and reperfusion injury by
taurine. Adv Exp Med Biol, 483: 325-333. (I.F. 0.513). ISSN 0065-2598,

8) Pessina G.P., Aldinucci C., Palmi M., Sgaragli G.P., Benocci A. , Meini A. and Pessina F. Pulsed
Electromognetic field affects the intracellular calcium concentration in human astrocytoma cells.
(2001). Bioelectromagnetics 22 (7), 503-510. (I.F. 1.947). ISSN 0197-8462, stampato in U.S.A.
9) Pessina F.,. Marazova K, Kalfin R., Sgaragli G.P., Manganelli A., Milenov K. Mechanical
response to electrical field stimulation of rat, guinea-pig, monkey and human detrusor muscle: a
comparative study. (2001). Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch Pharmacol 363 (5), 543-550. (I.F. 2.869).
ISSN 0028-1298 ,
10) Pessina F., Kalfin R., Esposito L., Fusi F., Valoti M., Ponticelli F. and Sgaragli G.P. (2001).
Neuroprotection afforded by some hindered phenols and -tocopherol in guinea-pig detrusor strips
subjected to anoxia/glucopenia and reperfusion. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch Pharmacol, 364,
462-471.
11) Pessina F., Kalfin R. and Sgaragli G.P. (2001). Vasoactive intestinal peptide protects guinea-
pig detrusor nerves from anoxia/glucopenia injury. Eur J Pharmacol, 423(2-3), 229-33. (I.F. 2.236).
ISSN 0014-2999,
12) Fusi F., Tzankova V., Valoti M., Pessina F., Sgaragli G.P. (2001). 3,5-Di-t-butyl-4-
hydroxyanisole (DTBHA) activation of rat skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase.
Biochem Pharmacol, 62, 1613-1619. (I.F. 2.975) ISSN 0006-2952, stampato in Olanda.
13) Fusi F., Saponara S., Pessina F., Gorelli B. and Sgaragli G.P. (2003). Effects of quercetin and
rutin on vascular preparations: a comparison between mechanical and electrophysiological
phenomena. Eur J Nutr, 42, 10-17.

14) Giorgi G., Ponticelli F., Salvini L., Trendafilova A., Valoti M., Pessina F. (2003). Synthetic
approach, regio-and stereochemical characterisation and differentiation of new potential antioxidant
C- and O- arylglycosides. Eur J Org Chem, 106-115.
15) Aldinucci C, Garcia JB, Palmi M, Sgaragli G, Benocci A, Meini A, Pessina F, Rossi C,
Bonechi C, Pessina GP. (2003). The effect of exposure to high flux density static and pulsed
magnetic fields on lymphocyte function. Bioelectromagnetics, 24(6):373-9.
16) Aldinucci C, Garcia JB, Palmi M, Sgaragli G, Benocci A, Meini A, Pessina F, Rossi C,
Bonechi C, Pessina GP. (2003). The effect of strong static magnetic field on lymphocytes.
Bioelectromagnetics, 24(2):109-17.
17) Brading A, Pessina F, Esposito L, Symes S. (2004). Effects of metabolic stress and ischaemia
on the bladder, and the relationship with bladder overactivity. Scand J Urol Nephrol Suppl., 215:84-
92.
18) Pessina F., Marazova K., Ninfali P. , Avanzi L., Manfredini S. and Sgaragli GP. (2004). In vitro
neuroprotection by novel antioxidants in guinea-pig urinary bladder subjected to anoxia-
glucopenia/reperfusion damage. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch Pharmacol, 370, 521 – 528.
ISSN: 0028-1298
19) Pessina F., Solito R., Maestrini D., Gerli R., Sgaragli G. (2005). Effect of anoxia-glucopenia
and re-superfusion on intrinsic nerves of mammalian detrusor smooth muscle: Importance of
glucose metabolism. Neurourol Urodyn, 24(4):389-96.
(2007). Gender-related neuronal and
smooth muscle damage of guinea pig isolated urinary bladder from anoxia-glucopenia and
reperfusion injury and its relationship to glycogen content. Neurourol Urodyn, 26(3):416-23.
21) S. Dragoni, G. Materozzi, F. Pessina, M. Frosini, JL. Marco, M. Unzeta, GP. Sgaragli and
Massimo Valoti. (2007). CYP-dependent metabolism of PF9601N, a new monamine oxidase-B
inhibitor, by C57Bl/6 mouse and human liver microsomes. J Pharm Pharmaceut Sci, 10 (4): 473-
485.
22) B. Lorenzi, F. Pessina, P. Lorenzoni, S. Urbani, R. Vernillo, G. Sgaragli, R. Gerli, B. Mazzanti,
A. Bosi, R. Saccardi and M. Lorenzi (2008). Treatment of experimental injury of anal sphincters
with primary surgical repair and injection of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells.
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 51:411-420.
23) A. Valeri, I. Ceccarelli, P. Fiorenzani, A.M. Aloisi, G. Sgaragli, F. Pessina (2009). Effects of
17β-estradiol on rat urinary bladder: gender differences in anoxia-glucopenia and reperfusion
damage. Neurourology Urodynamics, 28(6):535-41.
24) A. Valeri, K.L. Brain, JS. Y., GP. Sgaragli, F. Pessina (2009).Effects of 17β-estradiol on rat
detrusor smooth muscle contractility. Exp Physiol. 94(7):834-46.

(2010). Antioxidant properties of
PF9601N, a novel MAO-B inhibitor: assessment of its ability to interact with reactive nitrogen
spec57(2):235-9.
26) Valeri A, Capasso R, Valoti M, Pessina F. (2012). Effects of St John's wort and its active
constituents, hypericin and hyperforin, on isolated rat urinary bladder. J Pharm Pharmacol.;
64(12):1770-6. doi: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.2012.01556.x. PMID: 23146040.
27) Contartese A, Valoti M, Corelli F, Pasquini S, Mugnaini C, Pessina F, Aldinucci C, Sgaragli G,
Frosini M. (2012). A novel CB2 agonist, COR167, potently protects rat brain cortical slices against
OGD and reperfusion injury. Pharmacol Res.;66(6):555-63. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2012.08.003.
PMID: 23036353.
28) Valeri A, Fiorenzani P, Rossi R, Aloisi AM, Valoti M, Pessina F. (2012). The soy
phytoestrogens genistein and daidzein as neuroprotective agents against anoxia-glucopenia and
reperfusion damage in rat urinary bladder. Pharmacol Res. Oct;66(4):309-16. PMID: 22743170.
29)(2012)Bulgarian Chemical Communications. Volume 44, Issue 3, 2012,
Pag. 247-251
30) B. Mazzanti, B. Lorenzi, P. Lorenzoni, A.Borghini, M. Boieri, M. Lorenzi, M. Santosuosso, A.
Bosi, R. Saccardi, E. Weber, F.Pessina. (2013) Treatment of Experimental Esophagogastric
Myotomy with Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a Rat Model. Neurogaastrenterology and
motility. Accepted with revision
BOOKS CHAPTERS
1) Alov P., Valoti M., Sgaragli GP., Pessina F. and Saponara S. (1998). Inhibition of iron-
dependent decomposition of H2O2 as a method for assessing the free-radical-scavenging activity of
novel antioxidant in a hydrophilic enviroment. In: Fair Conference on Food Antioxidants and
Human Health. Ed. Sgaragli G.P. and Valoti M, p.35-46.
2) Aldinucci C., Rigato M., Pessina F., Fanetti G. and Pessina G.P. (1999). The effect of pulsed
electromagnetic fields on the induction of cytokines by peripheral blood mononuclear cells. In:
Electricity and Magnetism in Biology and Medicine; Bersani F. Eds. Kluwer Academic/Plenum
Publishers, p. 653-656.

3) Fusi F., Saponara S., Pessina F., Gorelli B. and Sgaragli G.P. (2001). Effects of wine
polyphenols on vascular prefunctions: an electro-mechanic investigation. Bioactive Compounds in
Plant Foods. Health Effects and Perspectives for the Food Industry. Ed. European Commission, in
press.

4) Pessina F., Esposito L., Sconza R., Gorelli B., Matteucci G., Sgaragli G.P. (2001).
Neuroprotezione farmacologica del danno da ischemia-riperfusione nella vescica urinaria: approcci
sperimentali. Gli Atti dell'Accademia delle Scienze di Siena detta de' Fisiocritici, serie XV, tomo
XX, p.85-100.

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