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Nadia Lunardi

Nadia Lunardi

Associate Professor, Anesthesiology

Primary Location
21 Hospital Dr
charlottesville, Virginia 22903
Primary Phone Number

Bio & Overview

Academic Information

Department
Anesthesiology

Primary Education

  • Ph.D., Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Padovanull
  • Fellowship, undefinedUniversity of Virginianull

Research Interests

Anesthesiology

Research Disciplines

  • Neuroscience

Research Opportunities

  • Neuroscience

PhD Programs

  • Neuroscience

Selected Publications

2023

Atluri, N., Dulko, E., Jedrusiak, M., Klos, J., Osuru, H. P., Davis, E., . . . Lunardi, N. (2024). Anatomical Substrates of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Rebound in a Rodent Model of Post-sevoflurane Sleep Disruption. ANESTHESIOLOGY, 140(4), 729-741. doi:10.1097/ALN.0000000000004893

2020

Hilton, E. J., Goff, K. L., Sreedharan, R., Lunardi, N., Batakji, M., & Rosenberger, D. S. (2020). The Flaw of Medicine: Addressing Racial and Gender Disparities in Critical Care.. Anesthesiology clinics, 38(2), 357-368. doi:10.1016/j.anclin.2020.01.011

Hilton, E. J., Lunardi, N., Sreedharan, R., Goff, K. L., Batakji, M., & Rosenberger, D. S. (2020). Two Sides of the Same Coin: Addressing Racial and Gender Disparities Among Physicians and the Impact on the Community They Serve.. Anesthesiology clinics, 38(2), 369-377. doi:10.1016/j.anclin.2020.01.001

Illendula, M., Osuru, H. P., Ferrarese, B., Atluri, N., Dulko, E., Zuo, Z., & Lunardi, N. (2020). Surgery, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Environment Induce Delirium-Like Behaviors and Impairment of Synaptic Function-Related Gene Expression in Aged Mice. FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE, 12. doi:10.3389/fnagi.2020.542421

2019

Ferrarese, B., & Lunardi, N. (2019). Preparation of Newborn Rat Brain Tissue for Ultrastructural Morphometric Analysis of Synaptic Vesicle Distribution at Nerve Terminals. JOVE-JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS, (148). doi:10.3791/59694

Lunardi, N., Sica, R., Atluri, N., Salvati, K. A., Keller, C., Beenhakker, M. P., . . . Zuo, Z. (2019). Disruption of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Homeostasis in Adolescent Rats after Neonatal Anesthesia. ANESTHESIOLOGY, 130(6), 981-994. doi:10.1097/ALN.0000000000002660

Atluri, N., Ferrarese, B., Osuru, H. P., Sica, R., Keller, C., Zuo, Z., & Lunardi, N. (2019). Neonatal anesthesia impairs synapsin 1 and synaptotagmin 1, two key regulators of synaptic vesicle docking and fusion. NEUROREPORT, 30(8), 544-549. doi:10.1097/WNR.0000000000001235

2017

Diana, P., Money, D. T., Gelvin, M. G., & Lunardi, N. (2017). Effective and Safe Use of Glucocorticosteroids for Rescue of Late ARDS.. Case reports in critical care, 2017, 6740532. doi:10.1155/2017/6740532

2015

Lunardi, N., Oklopcic, A., Prillaman, M., Erisir, A., & Jevtovic-Todorovic, V. (2015). Early Exposure to General Anesthesia Disrupts Spatial Organization of Presynaptic Vesicles in Nerve Terminals of the Developing Rat Subiculum. MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY, 52(2), 942-951. doi:10.1007/s12035-015-9246-7

Joksovic, P. M., Lunardi, N., Jevtovic-Todorovic, V., & Todorovic, S. M. (2015). Early Exposure to General Anesthesia with Isoflurane Downregulates Inhibitory Synaptic Neurotransmission in the Rat Thalamus. MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY, 52(2), 952-958. doi:10.1007/s12035-015-9247-6

DiGruccio, M. R., Joksimovic, S., Joksovic, P. M., Lunardi, N., Salajegheh, R., Jevtovic-Todorovic, V., . . . Todorovic, S. M. (2015). Hyperexcitability of Rat Thalamocortical Networks after Exposure to General Anesthesia during Brain Development. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 35(4), 1481-1492. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4883-13.2015

2013

Rose, K. E., Lunardi, N., Boscolo, A., Dong, X., Erisir, A., Jevtovic-Todorovic, V., & Todorovic, S. M. (2013). IMMUNOHISTOLOGICAL DEMONSTRATION OF CAV3.2 T-TYPE VOLTAGE-GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL EXPRESSION IN SOMA OF DORSAL ROOT GANGLION NEURONS AND PERIPHERAL AXONS OF RAT AND MOUSE. NEUROSCIENCE, 250, 263-274. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.07.005

2012

Lunardi, N., Bryant, M., Smith, K., & Lowson, S. (2012). Early Mobilization in Critically Ill Patients. ICU Director, 3(1), 17-20. doi:10.1177/1944451611435275

Jevtovic-Todorovic, V., Boscolo, A., Sanchez, V., & Lunardi, N. (2012). Anesthesia-induced developmental neurodegeneration: the role of neuronal organelles.. Frontiers in neurology, 3, 141. doi:10.3389/fneur.2012.00141

2011

Boscolo, A., Starr, J. A., Sanchez, V., Lunardi, N., DiGruccio, M. R., Ori, C., . . . Jevtovic-Todorovic, V. (2012). The abolishment of anesthesia-induced cognitive impairment by timely protection of mitochondria in the developing rat brain: The importance of free oxygen radicals and mitochondrial integrity. NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE, 45(3), 1031-1041. doi:10.1016/j.nbd.2011.12.022

Sanchez, V., Feinstein, S. D., Lunardi, N., Joksovic, P. M., Boscolo, A., Todorovic, S. M., & Jevtovic-Todorovic, V. (2011). General Anesthesia Causes Long-term Impairment of Mitochondrial Morphogenesis and Synaptic Transmission in Developing Rat Brain. ANESTHESIOLOGY, 115(5), 992-1002. doi:10.1097/ALN.0b013e3182303a63

Lunardi, N., Saraceni, E., Boccagni, P., Segato, M., Bortolato, A., Manara, R., . . . Ori, C. (2012). Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in the Intensive Care Unit after liver transplant: a comparison of our experience with the existing literature. MINERVA ANESTESIOLOGICA, 78(7), 847-850. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

Lunardi, N., Hucklenbruch, C., Latham, J. R., Scarpa, J., & Jevtovic-Todorovic, V. (2011). Isoflurane Impairs Immature Astroglia Development In Vitro: The Role of Actin Cytoskeleton. JOURNAL OF NEUROPATHOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY, 70(4), 281-291. doi:10.1097/NEN.0b013e31821284e9