G. Di Chiara

Overview

Best Publications

• Drugs abused by humans preferentially increase synaptic dopamine concentrations in the mesolimbic system of freely moving rats.

  G Di Chiara;A Imperato

  5972
  Citations

• Effects of nicotine on the nucleus accumbens and similarity to those of addictive drugs

  F. E. Pontieri;G. Tanda;F. Orzi;G. Di Chiara

  1383
  Citations

• Cannabinoid and Heroin Activation of Mesolimbic Dopamine Transmission by a Common µ1 Opioid Receptor Mechanism

  Gianluigi Tanda;Francesco E. Pontieri;Gaetano Di Chiara

  1355
  Citations

• Nucleus accumbens shell and core dopamine: differential role in behavior and addiction

  Gaetano Di Chiara

  1290
  Citations

• Dopamine and Drug Addiction: The Nucleus Accumbens Shell Connection

  Gaetano Di Chiara;Valentina Bassareo;Sandro Fenu;Maria Antonietta De Luca

  1153
  Citations

• Opposite effects of mu and kappa opiate agonists on dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens and in the dorsal caudate of freely moving rats.

  G Di Chiara;A Imperato

  1118
  Citations

• Preferential stimulation of dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens of freely moving rats by ethanol.

  A Imperato;G Di Chiara

  1113
  Citations

• Intravenous cocaine, morphine, and amphetamine preferentially increase extracellular dopamine in the "shell" as compared with the "core" of the rat nucleus accumbens

  F. E. Pontieri;G. Tanda;G. Di Chiara

  1060
  Citations

• The role of dopamine in drug abuse viewed from the perspective of its role in motivation

  Gaetano Di Chiara

  881
  Citations

• Role of dopamine in the behavioural actions of nicotine related to addiction

  Gaetano Di Chiara

  872
  Citations

• Nicotine preferentially stimulates dopamine release in the limbic system of freely moving rats.

  A Imperato;A Mulas;G Di Chiara

  866
  Citations

• Neurobiology of opiate abuse

  Gaetano Di Chiara;R. Alan North

  774
  Citations

• Drug addiction as dopamine-dependent associative learning disorder

  Gaetano Di Chiara

  762
  Citations

• Amphetamine, cocaine, phencyclidine and nomifensine increase extracellular dopamine concentrations preferentially in the nucleus accumbens of freely moving rats.

  E. Carboni;A. Imperato;L. Perezzani;G. Di Chiara

  734
  Citations

• Trans-striatal dialysis coupled to reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection: a new method for the study of the in vivo release of endogenous dopamine and metabolites

  A Imperato;G Di Chiara

  668
  Citations

• Evidence for dopamine receptors mediating sedation in the mouse brain.

  G. Di Chiara;M. L. Porceddu;L. Vargiu;A. Argiolas

  631
  Citations

• Modulatory functions of neurotransmitters in the striatum: ACh/dopamine/NMDA interactions

  Gaetano Di Chiara;Micaela Morelli;Silvana Consolo

  620
  Citations

• Blockade of the noradrenaline carrier increases extracellular dopamine concentrations in the prefrontal cortex: evidence that dopamine is taken up in vivo by noradrenergic terminals.

  E. Carboni;G. L. Tanda;R. Frau;G. Di Chiara

  591
  Citations

• Evidence for a GABAergic projection from the substantia nigra to the ventromedial thalamus and to the superior colliculus of the rat.

  G. Di Chiara;M.L. Porceddu;M. Morelli;M.L. Mulas

  586
  Citations

• Differential responsiveness of dopamine transmission to food-stimuli in nucleus accumbens shell/core compartments.

  V Bassareo;G Di Chiara

  575
  Citations

• A motivational learning hypothesis of the role of mesolimbic dopamine in compulsive drug use

  Gaetano Di Chiara

  476
  Citations

• Dopamine release and metabolism in awake rats after systemic neuroleptics as studied by trans-striatal dialysis

  A Imperato;G Di Chiara

  450
  Citations