Giancarlo Colombo

Best Publications

• Appetite suppression and weight loss after the cannabinoid antagonist SR 141716

  Giancarlo Colombo;Roberta Agabio;Giacomo Diaz;Carla Lobina

  685
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• Ability of baclofen in reducing alcohol intake and withdrawal severity: I--Preclinical evidence.

  Giancarlo Colombo;Roberta Agabio;Mauro A.M. Carai;Carla Lobina

  263
  Citations

• REDUCTION OF VOLUNTARY ETHANOL INTAKE IN ETHANOL-PREFERRING sP RATS BY THE CANNABINOID ANTAGONIST SR-141716

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  230
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• Chronic Ethanol Intoxication Induces Differential Effects on GABAA and NMDA Receptor Function in the Rat Brain

  Enrico Sanna;Mariangela Serra;Anna Cossu;Giancarlo Colombo

  223
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• Stimulation of voluntary ethanol intake by cannabinoid receptor agonists in ethanol-preferring sP rats.

  Giancarlo Colombo;Salvatore Serra;Giuliana Brunetti;Raquel Gomez

  213
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• Effect of spontaneous ingestion of ethanol on brain dopamine metabolism.

  F. Fadda;E. Mosca;G. Colombo;G.L. Gessa

  208
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• Ethanol markedly increases "GABAergic" neurosteroids in alcohol-preferring rats.

  Maria Luisa Barbaccia;Daniela Affricano;Marco Trabucchi;Robert H Purdy

  206
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• Phenotypic characterization of genetically selected Sardinian alcohol-preferring (sP) and -non-preferring (sNP) rats.

  Giancarlo Colombo;Carla Lobina;Mauro A. M. Carai;Gian Luigi Gessa

  179
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• MDL 72222, a selective 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, suppresses voluntary ethanol consumption in alcohol-preferring rats.

  Fabio Fadda;Bruno Garau;Francesca Marchei;Giancarlo Colombo

  177
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• Discriminative stimulus effects of ethanol: effect of training dose on the substitution of N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonists.

  K A Grant;G Colombo

  170
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• Role of GABAB receptors in the sedative/hypnotic effect of γ-hydroxybutyric acid

  Mauro A.M Carai;Giancarlo Colombo;Giuliana Brunetti;Samuele Melis

  170
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• Suppressing effect of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonist, SR147778, on alcohol intake and motivational properties of alcohol in alcohol-preferring sP rats.

  Gian Luigi Gessa;Salvatore Serra;Giovanni Vacca;Mauro A. M. Carai

  154
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• Baclofen suppresses motivation to consume alcohol in rats.

  Giancarlo Colombo;Giovanni Vacca;Salvatore Serra;Giuliana Brunetti

  138
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• The glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist liraglutide attenuates the reinforcing properties of alcohol in rodents.

  Daniel Vallöf;Paola Maccioni;Giancarlo Colombo;Minja Mandrapa

  138
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• Endocannabinoid system and alcohol addiction: pharmacological studies.

  Giancarlo Colombo;Salvatore Serra;Giovanni Vacca;Mauro A M Carai

  137
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• Role of GABA(B) receptor in alcohol dependence: reducing effect of baclofen on alcohol intake and alcohol motivational properties in rats and amelioration of alcohol withdrawal syndrome and alcohol craving in human alcoholics.

  Giancarlo Colombo;Giovanni Addolorato;Roberta Agabio;Mauro A. M. Carai

  134
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• Animal models for medications development targeting alcohol abuse using selectively bred rat lines: neurobiological and pharmacological validity.

  Richard L. Bell;Helen J.K. Sable;Giancarlo Colombo;Petri Hyytia

  133
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• ESBRA-NORDMANN 1996 AWARD LECTURE: ETHANOL DRINKING BEHAVIOUR IN SARDINIAN ALCOHOL-PREFERRING RATS

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  133
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• Suppression by baclofen of alcohol deprivation effect in Sardinian alcohol-preferring (sP) rats.

  Giancarlo Colombo;Salvatore Serra;Giuliana Brunetti;Giovanni Vacca

  120
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• Mechanism of the antialcohol effect of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

  Gian Luigi Gessa;Roberta Agabio;Mauro A.M Carai;Carla Lobina

  117
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