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Alessandra Concas

Alessandra Concas

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Neuroscience

D-Index
45
Citations
6620
World Ranking
6980
National Ranking
365

Alessandra Concas publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alessandra Concas sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 141 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Alessandra Concas D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alessandra Concas sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alessandra Concas is affiliated with the University of Cagliari in Italy and has contributed to multiple fields within Medicine, Psychology, and Neuroscience. Their research primarily focuses on neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, stress responses and cortisol, as well as evolutionary psychology and human behavior. Additional research interests include menopause health impacts and treatments, cannabis and cannabinoid research, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, and prenatal substance exposure effects.

Their work is distributed across several subfields such as social psychology, behavioral neuroscience, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, experimental and cognitive psychology, and pharmacology.

Concas has published research in various academic venues, with articles appearing in Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, Hormones and Behavior, Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, and UNC Libraries.

Their most recent publications include:

  • How hormonal contraceptives shape brain and behavior: A review of preclinical studies, 2022, Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
  • Chronic treatment with hormonal contraceptives alters hippocampal BDNF and histone H3 post-translational modifications but not learning and memory in female rats, 2022, Hormones and Behavior
  • Behavioral characterization of co-exposure to cannabinoids and hormonal contraceptives in female rats, 2023, Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
  • Failure of Acute Ethanol Administration to Alter Cerebrocortical and Hippocampal Allopregnanolone Levels in C57BL/6J and DBA/2J Mice, 2020, UNC Libraries

Frequent collaborators include Patrizia Porcu, Mariangela Serra, Maria Giuseppina Pisu, Laura Boi, and Sabrina Petralla.

Their research contributions have explored hormonal contraceptives' impact on brain function and behavior, neurochemical changes in the hippocampus, and interactions involving cannabinoids and alcohol on neural systems.

Best Publications

  • ROLE OF BRAIN ALLOPREGNANOLONE IN THE PLASTICITY OF GAMMA -AMINOBUTYRIC ACID TYPE A RECEPTOR IN RAT BRAIN DURING PREGNANCY AND AFTER DELIVERY

    A. Concas;M. C. Mostallino;P. Porcu;P. Follesa

  • Time-dependent changes in rat brain neuroactive steroid concentrations and GABAA receptor function after acute stress.

    Maria Luisa Barbaccia;Gianna Roscetti;Marco Trabucchi;Maria Cristina Mostallino

  • The effects of inhibitors of GABAergic transmission and stress on brain and plasma allopregnanolone concentrations

    M. L. Barbaccia;G. Roscetti;M. Trabucchi;R. H. Purdy

  • Chronic Ethanol Intoxication Induces Differential Effects on GABAA and NMDA Receptor Function in the Rat Brain

    Enrico Sanna;Mariangela Serra;Anna Cossu;Giancarlo Colombo

  • GABAergic and dopaminergic transmission in the rat cerebral cortex: effect of stress, anxiolytic and anxiogenic drugs.

    G Biggio;Alessandra Concas;Maria Giuseppa Corda;Osvaldo Giorgi

  • Biochemical and electrophysiologic evidence that propofol enhances GABAergic transmission in the rat brain.

    V. A. Peduto;A. Concas;G. Santoro;G. Biggio

  • Physiological modulation of GABAA receptor plasticity by progesterone metabolites

    Alessandra Concas;Paolo Follesa;Maria Luisa Barbaccia;Robert H Purdy

  • The General Anesthetic Propofol Enhances the Function of γ‐Aminobutyric Acid‐Coupled Chloride Channel in the Rat Cerebral Cortex

    Alessandra Concas;G Santoro;Mp Mascia;Mariangela Serra

  • Neurochemical action of the general anaesthetic propofol on the chloride ion channel coupled with GABAA receptors

    A. Concas;G. Santoro;M. Serra;E. Sanna

  • Rapid changes in GABA binding induced by stress in different areas of the rat brain

    G. Biggio;M.G. Corda;A. Concas;G. Demontis

  • Changes in GABAA receptor γ2 subunit gene expression induced by long-term administration of oral contraceptives in rats

    Paolo Follesa;P Porcu;Cristiana Sogliano;M Cinus

  • Stress-induced increase in brain neuroactive steroids: Antagonism by abecarnil

    Maria L. Barbaccia;Gianna Roscetti;Francesca Bolacchi;Alessandra Concas

  • Stress and β-carbolines decrease the density of low affinity gaba binding sites: An effect reversed by diazepam

    G. Biggio;A. Concas;M. Serra;M. Salis

  • Foot‐Shock Stress and Anxiogenic β‐Carbolines Increase t‐[35S]Butylbicyclophosphorothionate Binding in the Rat Cerebral Cortex, an Effect Opposite to Anxiolytics and γ‐Aminobutyric Acid Mimetics

    A. Concas;M. Serra;T. Atsoggiu;G. Biggio

  • Stress, Ethanol, and Neuroactive Steroids

    Giovanni Biggio;Alessandra Concas;Paolo Follesa;Enrico Sanna

  • Decreased neuroactive steroids induced by combined oral contraceptive pills are not associated with mood changes

    Andrea J. Rapkin;Melinda Morgan;Cristiana Sogliano;Giovanni Biggio

  • Stress and neurosteroids in adult and aged rats

    Ml Barbaccia;Alessandra Concas;Mariangela Serra;G. Biggio

  • Molecular and functional adaptation of the GABAA receptor complex during pregnancy and after delivery in the rat brain

    Paolo Follesa;Stefania Floris;Graziella Tuligi;Maria Cristina Mostallino

  • Failure of gamma-hydroxybutyrate to alter the function of the GABAA receptor complex in the rat cerebral cortex.

    M. Serra;E. Sanna;C. Foddi;A. Concas

  • Role of allopregnanolone in regulation of GABAA receptor plasticity during long-term exposure to and withdrawal from progesterone

    Paolo Follesa;Alessandra Concas;Patrizia Porcu;Enrico Sanna

  • Neurosteroids in the brain of handling-habituated and naive rats: effect of CO2 inhalation

    Maria Luisa Barbaccia;Gianna Roscetti;Marco Trabucchi;Tonino Cuccheddu

  • Inhibition of basal and stress-induced dopamine release in the cerebral cortex and nucleus accumbens of freely moving rats by the neurosteroid allopregnanolone.

    Costantino Motzo;Ml Porceddu;G Maira;G Flore

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Biggio
Giovanni Biggio University of Cagliari
Mariangela Serra
Mariangela Serra University of Cagliari
Marco Trabucchi
Marco Trabucchi University of Rome Tor Vergata
Marco Sassoè-Pognetto
Marco Sassoè-Pognetto University of Turin
Maurizio Giustetto
Maurizio Giustetto University of Turin
Phillip L. Pearl
Phillip L. Pearl Boston Children's Hospital
Teodoro Bottiglieri
Teodoro Bottiglieri Baylor University
O. Carter Snead
O. Carter Snead University of Toronto
Francesco Marrosu
Francesco Marrosu University of Cagliari
A. Leslie Morrow
A. Leslie Morrow University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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