Maurizio Casarrubea, MD, PhD, serves as Associate Professor at the University of Palermo - Italy, Institute of Human Physiology “Giuseppe Pagano”, Laboratory of Behavioral Physiology, Department of Biomedicine Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (Bi.N.D.). He graduated from the University of Palermo with degrees in Medicine and Surgery, a Medical Specialization in Sport Medicine and a PhD in Neurosensorial Physiopathology.
Professor Maurizio Casarrubea currently teaches Human Physiology in various Degree Courses of the School of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Palermo. He has authored or co-authored numerous research papers, book chapters, and conference proceedings related to the study of anxiety-related behavior, the relationships between anxiety and pain, and the behavioral effects produced by the administration of psychoactive drugs. In addition, he regularly presents the results of his experiments to various congresses of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences. His current research activity is funded by the University of Palermo and is focused on the application of multivariate approaches to the study of anxiety-related behavior in rodents. He is member of the Mediterranean Neuroscience Society (M.N.S.) and of the Technologies of Knowledge Interdepartmental Center (C.I.T.C.), University of Palermo.