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Daniele Piomelli is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research spans several fields primarily centered on medicine and neuroscience. Within these main fields of study, they have significant contributions to pharmacology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, molecular biology, and surgery.

Their work frequently appears in the following publication venues:

  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Pharmacological Research
  • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Piomelli include Yannick Fotio, Kwang-Mook Jung, Alex Mabou Tagne, Alexa Torrens, and Faizy Ahmed.

Primary research topics addressed by Piomelli's publications cover:

  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep

Recent representative papers authored or co-authored by Piomelli include:

  • N-Acylethanolamine Acid Amidase (NAAA): Structure, Function, and Inhibition, 2020, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Endocannabinoid-Based Therapies, 2021, The Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology
  • Goods and Bads of the Endocannabinoid System as a Therapeutic Target: Lessons Learned after 30 Years, 2023, Pharmacological Reviews
  • Comparative Pharmacokinetics of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol in Adolescent and Adult Male Mice, 2020, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  • Pharmacokinetic, behavioral, and brain activity effects of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol in adolescent male and female rats, 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology

Best Publications

  • The molecular logic of endocannabinoid signalling

    Daniele Piomelli

  • Formation and inactivation of endogenous cannabinoid anandamide in central neurons.

    V. Di Marzo;A. Fontana;H. Cadas;S. Schinelli

  • A second endogenous cannabinoid that modulates long-term potentiation

    Nephi Stella;Paul Schweitzer;Daniele Piomelli

  • Role of Endogenous Cannabinoids in Synaptic Signaling

    Tamás F. Freund;István Katona;Daniele Piomelli

  • Identification and Functional Characterization of Brainstem Cannabinoid CB2 Receptors

    Marja D. Van Sickle;Marnie Duncan;Philip J. Kingsley;Abdeslam Mouihate

  • Brain monoglyceride lipase participating in endocannabinoid inactivation

    T. P. Dinh;D. Carpenter;F. M. Leslie;T. F. Freund

  • Modulation of anxiety through blockade of anandamide hydrolysis

    Daniele Piomelli;Andrea Duranti;Andrea Tontini;Marco Mor

  • Control of Pain Initiation by Endogenous Cannabinoids

    Antonio Calignano;Giovanna La Rana;Andrea Giuffrida;Daniele Piomelli

  • Oleylethanolamide regulates feeding and body weight through activation of the nuclear receptor PPAR-α

    Jin Fu;Silvana Gaetani;Fariba Oveisi;Jesse Lo Verme

  • Cannabidiol enhances anandamide signaling and alleviates psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia

    F M Leweke;D Piomelli;D Piomelli;F Pahlisch;F Pahlisch;D Muhl;D Muhl

  • The Nuclear Receptor Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-α Mediates the Anti-Inflammatory Actions of Palmitoylethanolamide

    Jesse Lo Verme;Jin Fu;Giuseppe Astarita;Giovanna La Rana

  • Dopamine activation of endogenous cannabinoid signaling in dorsal striatum

    Andrea Giuffrida;L. H. Parsons;T. M. Kerr;F. Rodríguez De Fonseca

  • An endocannabinoid mechanism for stress-induced analgesia

    Andrea G. Hohmann;Richard L. Suplita;Nathan M. Bolton;Mark H. Neely

  • An anorexic lipid mediator regulated by feeding

    F. Rodríguez De Fonseca;M. Navarro;R. Gómez;L. Escuredo

  • Antidepressant-like activity and modulation of brain monoaminergic transmission by blockade of anandamide hydrolysis

    G. Gobbi;F. R. Bambico;R. Mangieri;M. Bortolato

  • Lipoxygenase metabolites of arachidonic acid as second messengers for presynaptic inhibition of Aplysia sensory cells.

    D. Piomelli;A. Volterra;N. Dale;S. A. Siegelbaum

  • Characterization of the fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibitor cyclohexyl carbamic acid 3'-carbamoyl-biphenyl-3-yl ester (URB597): effects on anandamide and oleoylethanolamide deactivation.

    Darren Fegley;Silvana Gaetani;Andrea Duranti;Andrea Tontini

  • Molecular Composition of the Endocannabinoid System at Glutamatergic Synapses

    István Katona;Gabriella M. Urbán;Matthew Wallace;Catherine Ledent

  • A Peripheral Mechanism for CB1 Cannabinoid Receptor-Dependent Modulation of Feeding

    Raquel Gómez;Miguel Navarro;Belén Ferrer;José M. Trigo

  • Dopamine activation of endogenous cannabinoid signaling in dorsal striatum

    D. Piomelli;A. Giuffrida;L.H. Parsons;F. Rodriguez de Fonseca

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Mor
Marco Mor University of Parma
Giuseppe Astarita
Giuseppe Astarita Georgetown University
Giorgio Tarzia
Giorgio Tarzia University of Urbino
Silvana Gaetani
Silvana Gaetani Sapienza University of Rome
Andrea Cavalli
Andrea Cavalli Italian Institute of Technology
Marco Bortolato
Marco Bortolato University of Florida
Ken Mackie
Ken Mackie Indiana University
Steven R. Goldberg
Steven R. Goldberg National Institute on Drug Abuse
Abdul Basit
Abdul Basit University College London
Joachim Klosterkötter
Joachim Klosterkötter University of Cologne

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