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Cinzia Domeneghini


Graduated in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Milan in 1973.
She has been Assistant Professor (1974-1978) and then Senior Assistant Professor (1978-1981) of Histology (Microscopic anatomy) at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Milan.


From 1981 to 2002 she has been Associate Professor of Histology, and then of Vertebrate Zoology.
From 2002 to present she is Full Professor of Veterinary Anatomy at the same Faculty.


She is the Head of the Department of Veterinary Sciences and Technologies for Food Safety (2007/2010)


In addition, Professor Domeneghini is teacher of Veterinary Anatomy in several graduate courses and post-graduate schools, and in the post-graduate school of "Veterinary Sciences for Animal Health and Food Safety" at the University of Milan

She is author or coauthor of around 220 publications, chapters in books and abstracts.


Her scientific activity concerns primarily the study of the gut neuroendocrine system in vertebrates, with special emphasis to mammals and fish.
The alimentary canal of these vertebrates is analyzed also with the aim of describing possible morpho-functional consequences of various dietary supplementations.
In addition, she studies the morphofunctional aspects of reproductive organs in different mammalian species, with emphasis to the peptidergic innervation and glycoconjugate secretions.
Glycoconjugate secretions are also studied in the alimentary canal of fish.

Techniques are used in her scientific activity, which primarily concerns histological, histochemical and immunohistochemical techniques, sometimes accompanied by quantitative evaluations (histometry).
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These and other topics are developed by Cinzia Domeneghini in cooperation with colleagues of other scientific institutions (go to the collaborations page)




Cinzia Domeneghini lives at Milan with her husband and two sons. Her own “pantheon” contains, among others, the persons, whose pictures are beside.