Tang J, Bair M, Descalzi G., Reactive Astrocytes: Critical Players in the Development of Chronic Pain (Review). Frontiers in psychiatry. 2021 May 28. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.682056

Descalzi G., Cortical Astrocyte-neuronal Metabolic Coupling Emerges as a Critical Modulator of Stress-induced Hopelessness. Neuroscience Bulletin. 2021 Jan. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-020-00559-7

 Cruz E, Descalzi G, Steinmetz A, Scharfman HE, Katzman A, Alberini CM., CIM6P/IGF‐2 receptor ligands reverse deficits in Angelman syndrome model mice. Autism Research. 2021 Jan. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2418

Descalzi G, Gao V, Steinman, MQ, & Alberini CM., Astrocytic lactate is an energy substrate required for neuronal mRNA translation underlying long-term memory. Communications Biology. 2019 Jul 2. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-019-0495-2

Descalzi G, Mitsi V, Purushothaman I, Gaspari S, Avrampou K, Loh YE, Shen L, & Zachariou V., Neuropathic pain promotes gene expression adaptations in stress and depression related brain regions. Science Signaling. 2017 Mar 21. https://doi.org/10.1126/scisignal.aaj1549

Descalzi G, Ikegami D, Ushijima T, Nestler E, Zachariou V, & Narita M., Epigenetic Mechanisms of Chronic Pain. Trends in Neuroscience. 2015 Apr. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2015.02.001

Koga K, Descalzi G, Chen T, Ko HG, Lu J, Li S, Son J, Kim T, Kwak C, Huganir RL, Zhao MG, Kaang BK, Collingridge GL, & Zhuo M., Coexistence of Two Forms of LTP in ACC Provides a Synaptic Mechanism for the Interactions between Anxiety and Chronic Pain. Neuron. 2015 Jan 21.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2014.12.021

Descalzi G, Chen T, Koga K, Yamada K, & Zhuo M., Cortical GluK1 kainate receptors modulate scratching in adult mice. Journal of Neurochemistry. 2013 Sep. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.12351

Descalzi G, Fukushima H, Suzuki A, Kida S, & Zhuo M., Genetic enhancement of neuropathic and inflammatory pain by forebrain upregulation of CREB-mediated transcription. Molecular Pain. 2012 Dec 31. https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8069-8-90

Descalzi G, Li X, Chen T, Mercaldo V, Koga K, Qiu S, &  Zhuo M., Rapid synaptic potentiation within the anterior cingulate cortex mediates trace fear learning. Molecular Brain. 2012 Feb 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-6606-5-6

Xu B, Descalzi G, Ye HR, Zhuo M, Wang YW., Translational investigation and treatment of neuropathic pain (Review). Molecular Pain. 2012 Mar 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8069-8-15

Li XY, Ko HG, Chen T, Descalzi G, Koga K, Wang H, Kim SS, Shang Y, Kwak C, Park SW, Shim J, Lee K, Collingridge GL, Kaang BK,  & Zhuo M., Alleviating neuropathic pain hypersensitivity by inhibiting PKMzeta in the anterior cingulate cortex. Science. 2010 Dec 3. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1191792

Descalzi G, Kim S, & Zhuo M., Presynaptic and postsynaptic cortical mechanisms of chronic pain (Review).  Molecular Neurobiology. 2009. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12035-009-8085-9