Biography

Giuseppe Pignataro is full professor in Pharmacology at the department of Neuroscience at University of Napoli, “Federico II”, Italy. He received his M.D. and PhD. in Neuroscience from “Federico II” University in Napoli, Italy and performed postdoctoral training at the Legacy Research Institute, Portland, Or, US. He is author of more than 100 scientific publications and book chapters and 3 patents for new compounds to be used in neurological disorders.
He is member of several scientific societies as Italian Society for Neuroscience (SINS), Society for Neuroscience (SFN), International Society for Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism (ISCBM), European Society of Neuroscience (FENS), Italian Society of Pharmacology (SIF). He is member of Editorial Board and referee for numerous scientific international journals such as Stroke and Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow. He participated as invited speaker in numerous national and international Meetings.
Over the years Dr. Pignataro has used in vivo and in vitro approaches to study the mechanisms underlying brain damage induced by episodes of brain ischemia and other neurological disorders such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. A considerable effort has been devoted to the study of endogenous mechanisms of neuroprotection such as ischemic tolerance.