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D-Index
55
Citations
13021
World Ranking
4669
National Ranking
2106

Best Publications

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

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

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

    Gianluigi Tanda;Francesco E. Pontieri;Gaetano Di Chiara

  • 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

  • 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

  • Self-administration behavior is maintained by the psychoactive ingredient of marijuana in squirrel monkeys

    Gianluigi Tanda;Patrik Munzar;Steven R. Goldberg

  • Increase of extracellular dopamine in the prefrontal cortex: a trait of drugs with antidepressant potential?

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

  • Cannabinoids: reward, dependence, and underlying neurochemical mechanisms--a review of recent preclinical data.

    Gianluigi Tanda;Steven R. Goldberg

  • Reciprocal changes in prefrontal and limbic dopamine responsiveness to aversive and rewarding stimuli after chronic mild stress: implications for the psychobiology of depression.

    Gaetano Di Chiara;Patrizio Loddo;Gianluigi Tanda

  • Drug addiction as a disorder of associative learning. Role of nucleus accumbens shell/extended amygdala dopamine.

    G. Di Chiara;G. Tanda;V. Bassareo;F. Pontieri

  • Self-administration of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) by drug naive squirrel monkeys

    Zuzana Justinova;Gianluigi Tanda;Godfrey H. Redhi;Steven R. Goldberg

  • A dopamine‐μ1 opioid link in the rat ventral tegmentum shared by palatable food (Fonzies) and non‐psychostimulant drugs of abuse

    Gianluigi Tanda;Gaetano Di Chiara

  • Anandamide administration alone and after inhibition of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) increases dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens shell in rats.

    Marcello Solinas;Zuzana Justinova;Zuzana Justinova;Steven R. Goldberg;Gianluigi Tanda

  • Contribution of blockade of the noradrenaline carrier to the increase of extracellular dopamine in the rat prefrontal cortex by amphetamine and cocaine.

    G Tanda;F E Pontieri;R Frau;G Di Chiara

  • The endogenous cannabinoid anandamide has effects on motivation and anxiety that are revealed by fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) inhibition

    Maria Scherma;Julie Medalie;Walter Fratta;Subramanian K. Vadivel

  • Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) inhibition enhances memory acquisition through activation of PPAR-alpha nuclear receptors.

    Carmen Mazzola;Julie Medalie;Maria Scherma;Leigh V. Panlilio

  • The neurobiology of modafinil as an enhancer of cognitive performance and a potential treatment for substance use disorders

    Maddalena Mereu;Antonello Bonci;Amy Hauck Newman;Gianluigi Tanda

  • R-Modafinil (Armodafinil): A Unique Dopamine Uptake Inhibitor and Potential Medication for Psychostimulant Abuse

    Claus J. Loland;Maddalena Mereu;Oluyomi M. Okunola;Jianjing Cao

  • On the preferential release of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens by amphetamine: further evidence obtained by vertically implanted concentric dialysis probes.

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

  • Ethanol as a neurochemical surrogate of conventional reinforcers: The dopamine-opioid link

    Gaetano di Chiara;Elio Acquas;Gianluigi Tanda

  • Pharmacological profile of dopamine receptor agonists as studied by brain dialysis in behaving rats.

    A Imperato;G Tanda;R Frau;G Di Chiara

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