Battaglia Marco

Associate Professor of Development and Psychopathology
Director, International Ph D Course in Developmental Psychopathology
Vice Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Department of NeuroSciences at San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan
Biography
1984 - M.D. Milan University School of Medicine, Milan. 1988 - 1993 Assistant psychiatrist, Department of Neuropsychiatric Sciences at San Raffaele Hospital and San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan. 1989 - Psychiatry, Milan University School of Medicine. 1990-92 – Post-Doc, Washington University SoM, St Louis MO. 1990 - 1997 University Lecturer of Psychiatry, University of Milan SoM. Medical Associate Scientist, the National Institutes of Health, Oslo, Norway, 2002-2005. Professeur Associé, Centre de Recherche Universitaire Louis Robert Giffard, Department of Psychiatry, Laval University Québec City, Canada.
Honors & Awards
NARSAD Independent Investigator Award 2001.
NARSAD Independent Investigator Award 2006.
Research Interests
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Developmental Psychopathology
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Developmental Behavioral Genetics
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The Psychobiology of Anxiety
Selected Publications
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Battaglia M., Bernardeschi L, Franchini L., Bellodi L., Smeraldi E.: A family study of Schizotypal Disorder. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 21 (1): 33-45, 1995.
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Battaglia M, Bertella S, Politi E, Bernardeschi L, Perna G, Gabriele A, Bellodi L: Age at onset of panic disorder: influence of familial liability to the disease and of childhood separation anxiety disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 152: 1362-1364, 1995.
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Battaglia M, Przybeck TR, Bellodi L, Cloninger CR: Temperament dimensions explain comorbidity of psychiatric disorders. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 37 (4): 292-298, 1996.
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Battaglia M, Bajo S, Ferini Strambi L, Brambilla F, Castronovo C., Vanni G., Bellodi L: Physiological and behavioral responses to minor stressors in offspring of patients with panic disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research 31: 365-376, 1997.
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Battaglia M, Bertella S, Bajo S, Binaghi F, Bellodi L: Anticipation of age at onset in Panic Disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry,155 (5):590-595, 1998.
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Nobile M, Begni B, Giorda R, Frigerio A, Marino C, Molteni M, Ferrarese C, Battaglia M: Effects of Serotonin Transporter Promoter Genotype on Platelet Serotonin Transporter Functionality in Depressed Children and Adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 38: 1396-1402, 1999.
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Battaglia M, Bertella S, Ogliari A, Bellodi L, Smeraldi E: Modulation by muscarinic antagonists of the response to carbon dioxide challenge in panic disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry , 58: 114-119, 2001.
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Battaglia M, Ogliari A, Zanoni A., Villa F., Citterio A., Binaghi F, Fossati A., Maffei C. Children’s Discrimination of Expressions of Emotions: Relationship with Indexes of Social Anxiety and Shyness. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 43: 358-365, 2004.
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Battaglia M, Ogliari A. Anxiety and panic: from human studies to animal research and back. Neuroscience & Bio-behavioral Reviews, 29: 169-179, 2005.
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Battaglia M, Ogliari A, Zanoni A., Citterio A, Pozzoli U., Maffei C., Giorda R., Marino C.: Influence of the Serotonin Transporter Promoter Gene and Shyness on Children’s Cerebral Responses to Facial Expressions. Archives of General Psychiatry 62: 85-94, 2005.
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Spatola CAM, Fagnani C, Pesenti-Gritti P, Ogliari A., Stazi MA, Battaglia M*. A General Population Twin Study of the CBCL/6-18 DSM-oriented categories. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 46 (5), 2007.
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Nobile M, Giorda R, Marino C Carlett O, Pastore V, Vanzin L, Bellina M, Molteni M, Battaglia M*. Socioeconomic Status Mediates the Genetic Contribution of the DRD4 and 5-HTTLPR Polymorphisms to Externalization in Pre-adolescence. Development and Psychopathology, 19, 2007
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Battaglia M, Pesenti-Gritti P, Spatola CAM, Ogliari A., Tambs K. A Twin Study of the Common Vulnerability Between Heightened Sensitivity to Hypercapnia and Panic Disorder. American Journal of Medical Genetics-Part B- Neuro-Psychiatric Genetics147B: 586-593, 2008
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Nobile M, Rusconi M, Bellina M , Marino C, Giorda R, Carlett O, Vanzin L, Molteni M, Battaglia M*. The Influence of Family Structure, the TPH2 G-703T and the 5-HTTLPR Serotonergic Polymorphisms upon Preadolescents’ Affective Problems. The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 50: 317–325, 2009.
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Battaglia M,Pesenti-Gritti P, Medland SE, Ogliari A., Tambs K., Spatola CAM.: A Genetically Informed Study of the Association Between Childhood Separation Anxiety, Sensitivity to Carbon Dioxide, Panic Disorder, and the Effect of Childhood Parental Loss. Archives of General Psychiatry 66: 64-71, 2009.

