Lorenzo Curti

Società Trentino Altoatesina di Psicoanalisi, Trento, Italy.

2 papers in the library · 1 citation · publishing 2025-2026

Papers

Figures of Liminality and Transgressors of Limits and Borders: the Trickster, the Uncanny, and the Spiritus Mercurius. A Dialogue between Anthropology, Cultural Psychology and Psychoanalysis.

Integrative psychological & behavioral science February 3, 2026 Raffaele De Luca Picione, Angelo Maria De Fortuna, Lorenzo Curti et al. 1 citation

The Trickster figure, found in myths, folklore, and literature, symbolizes liminality, transgression, and creativity. Operating at the boundaries of order and disorder, sacred and profane, the Trickster embodies ambiguity, deception, and hidden wisdom. Through myths like that of Hermes and tales of fools and jesters, the Trickster acts as an agent of transformation, subversion, and innovation, subverting social categories through play, irony, and hyper-sexualization. The article compares Turner's theory of liminality and Freud's notion of the uncanny to show how the Trickster traverses psychosocial thresholds and boundaries between consciousness and the repressed, generating ambiguity and anxiety.

DOI: 10.1007/s12124-025-09970-z Full text

Prolonged incubation with Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol but not with cannabidiol induces synaptic alterations and mitochondrial impairment in immature and mature rat organotypic hippocampal slices.

Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie February 1, 2025 Costanza Mazzantini, Lorenzo Curti, Daniele Lana et al.

A seven-day exposure to THC reduced pre- and post-synaptic proteins (synaptophysin, vGlut1, PSD95) in both immature and mature hippocampal slices, while CBD increased PSD95 only in immature slices. THC also lowered membrane passive properties and intrinsic excitability and increased sEPSCs in immature CA1 pyramidal cells. Both cannabinoids impaired mitochondrial function by reducing mRNA expression of mitobiogenesis genes (VDAC1, UCP2, TFAM). THC, but not CBD, caused tissue disorganization and morphological changes in CA1 pyramidal neurons, astrocytes, and microglia in both slice types. These findings help explain the adolescent brain's vulnerability to psychotropic cannabinoids.

DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2024.117797 Full text 1–7 Psd95 Ucp2 Vdac1 +2