Christina Gianoulakis

Best Publications

• Enhanced Sensitivity of Pituitary βEndorphin to Ethanol in Subjects at High Risk of Alcoholism

  Christina Gianoulakis;Brinda Krishnan;Joseph Thavundayil

  316
  Citations

• Influence of the endogenous opioid system on high alcohol consumption and genetic predisposition to alcoholism.

  Christina Gianoulakis

  270
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• Endogenous opioids and addiction to alcohol and other drugs of abuse.

  Christina Gianoulakis

  269
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• IMPLICATIONS OF ENDOGENOUS OPIOIDS AND DOPAMINE IN ALCOHOLISM: HUMAN AND BASIC SCIENCE STUDIES

  Christina Gianoulakis

  228
  Citations

• Biosynthesis of beta-endorphin from beta-lipotropin and a larger molecular weight precursor in rat pars intermedia.

  P Crine;C Gianoulakis;N G Seidah;F Gossard

  223
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• From β-lipotropin to β-endorphin and 'pro-opio-melanocortin'

  M. Chrétien;S. Benjannet;F. Gossard;C. Gianoulakis

  207
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• Different pituitary beta-endorphin and adrenal cortisol response to ethanol in individuals with high and low risk for future development of alcoholism.

  C.G. Gianoulakis;D. Beliveau;P. Angelogianni;M. Meaney

  200
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• Characterization of the effects of acute ethanol administration on the release of β-endorphin peptides by the rat hypothalamus

  Christina Gianoulakis

  181
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• The alcohol-preferring C57BL/6 mice present an enhanced sensitivity of the hypothalamic beta-endorphin system to ethanol than the alcohol-avoiding DBA/2 mice.

  J P De Waele;D N Papachristou;C Gianoulakis

  175
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• Effect of chronic alcohol consumption on the activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and pituitary beta-endorphin as a function of alcohol intake, age, and gender.

  Christina Gianoulakis;Xing Dai;Thomas Brown

  165
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• Implication of the endogenous opioid system in excessive ethanol consumption

  Christina Gianoulakis;Jean-Pascal de Waele;Joseph Thavundayil

  159
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• Differences in the brain and pituitary beta-endorphin system between the alcohol-preferring AA and alcohol-avoiding ANA rats.

  C. Gianoulakis;J. P. de Waele;K. Kiianmaa

  150
  Citations

• A microdialysis profile of β-endorphin and catecholamines in the rat nucleus accumbens following alcohol administration

  Peter W. Marinelli;Rémi Quirion;Christina Gianoulakis

  149
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• Distribution of the mu and delta opioid binding sites in the brain of the alcohol-preferring AA and alcohol-avoiding ANA lines of rats.

  J P de Waele;K Kiianmaa;C Gianoulakis

  145
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• Effect of acute ethanol administration on the release of opioid peptides from the midbrain including the ventral tegmental area.

  Samuel Jarjour;Li Bai;Christina Gianoulakis

  142
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• Opioid propeptide mRNA content and receptor density in the brains of AA and ANA rats

  Peter W. Marinelli;Kalervo Kiianmaa;Christina Gianoulakis

  138
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• A Microdialysis Profile of Met‐Enkephalin Release in the Rat Nucleus Accumbens Following Alcohol Administration

  Peter W Marinelli;Li Bai;Rémi Quirion;Christina Gianoulakis

  138
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• A Microdialysis Profile of Dynorphin A1–8 Release in the Rat Nucleus Accumbens Following Alcohol Administration

  Peter W Marinelli;Minh Lam;Li Bai;Rémi Quirion

  137
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• Effects of Single and Repeated Exposures to Ethanol on Hypothalamic β-Endorphin and CRH Release by the C57BL/6 and DBA/2 Strains of Mice

  Jean-Pascal de Waele;Christina Gianoulakis

  133
  Citations

• An in vivo profile of β-endorphin release in the arcuate nucleus and nucleus accumbens following exposure to stress or alcohol

  P.W Marinelli;R Quirion;C Gianoulakis

  132
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