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Giovanni Biggio

Giovanni Biggio

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Medicine

D-Index
80
Citations
20573
World Ranking
17245
National Ranking
696

Overview

Giovanni Biggio is affiliated with the University of Cagliari in Italy and specializes in neuroscience, psychology, and medicine. Their research encompasses various subfields, including experimental and cognitive psychology, endocrine and autonomic systems, cognitive neuroscience, public health, environmental and occupational health, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Biggio's primary research topics focus on sleep and related disorders, circadian rhythm and melatonin, sleep and wakefulness research, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, infant development and preterm care, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, as well as stress responses and cortisol.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • International Expert Opinions and Recommendations on the Use of Melatonin in the Treatment of Insomnia and Circadian Sleep Disturbances in Adult Neuropsychiatric Disorders, 2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Expert Opinions and Consensus Recommendations for the Evaluation and Management of Insomnia in Clinical Practice: Joint Statements of Five Italian Scientific Societies, 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Insomnia, sleep loss, and circadian sleep disturbances in mood disorders: a pathway toward neurodegeneration and neuroprogression? A theoretical review, 2021, CNS Spectrums
  • Melatonin: From Neurobiology to Treatment, 2021, Brain Sciences
  • Current models of insomnia disorder: a theoretical review on the potential role of the orexinergic pathway with implications for insomnia treatment, 2023, Journal of Sleep Research

Frequent coauthors of Biggio include:

  • Laura Palagini
  • Lino Nobili
  • Eugenio Aguglia
  • Claudio Mencacci
  • Antonino Minervino

The scientist's work has appeared regularly in publication venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • CNS Spectrums
  • Brain Sciences
  • Journal of Sleep Research
  • Archives of Women's Mental Health

Best Publications

  • Propofol in anesthesia. Mechanism of action, structure-activity relationships, and drug delivery.

    Giuseppe M. Trapani;Cosimo Altomare;Enrico Sanna;Giovanni Biggio

  • ROLE OF BRAIN ALLOPREGNANOLONE IN THE PLASTICITY OF GAMMA -AMINOBUTYRIC ACID TYPE A RECEPTOR IN RAT BRAIN DURING PREGNANCY AND AFTER DELIVERY

    A. Concas;M. C. Mostallino;P. Porcu;P. Follesa

  • Vagus nerve stimulation increases norepinephrine concentration and the gene expression of BDNF and bFGF in the rat brain.

    Paolo Follesa;Francesca Biggio;Giorgio Gorini;Stefania Caria

  • Rapid depletion of serum tryptophan, brain tryptophan, serotonin and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid by a tryptophan-free diet.

    Giovanni Biggio;Fabio Fadda;Patrizia Fanni;Alessandro Tagliamonte

  • Free tryptophan in serum controls brain tryptophan level and serotonin synthesis

    Alessandro Tagliamonte;Giovanni Biggio;Lidia Vargiu;Gian Luigi Gessa

  • Social Isolation‐Induced Decreases in Both the Abundance of Neuroactive Steroids and GABAA Receptor Function in Rat Brain

    Mariangela Serra;Maria Giuseppina Pisu;Martino Littera;Giacomo Papi

  • Time-dependent changes in rat brain neuroactive steroid concentrations and GABAA receptor function after acute stress.

    Maria Luisa Barbaccia;Gianna Roscetti;Marco Trabucchi;Maria Cristina Mostallino

  • Effect of the oral administration of tryptophan‐free amino acid mixtures on serum tryptophan, brain tryptophan and serotonin metabolism

    G. L. Gessa;G. Biggio;F. Fadda;G. U. Corsini

  • Stress and neuroactive steroids.

    Maria Luisa Barbaccia;Mariangela Serra;Robert H Purdy;Robert H Purdy;Giovanni Biggio

  • Brain steroidogenesis mediates ethanol modulation of GABAA receptor activity in rat hippocampus.

    Enrico Sanna;Giuseppe Talani;Fabio Busonero;Maria Giuseppina Pisu

  • Developmental and age-related changes in D1-dopamine receptors and dopamine content in the rat striatum.

    O. Giorgi;G. De Montis;M.L. Porceddu;S. Mele

  • Correlation between GABAA receptor density and vagus nerve stimulation in individuals with drug-resistant partial epilepsy

    Francesco Marrosu;Alessandra Serra;Alberto Maleci;Monica Maria Francesca Puligheddu

  • Comparison of the effects of zaleplon, zolpidem, and triazolam at various GABA(A) receptor subtypes.

    Enrico Sanna;Fabio Busonero;Giuseppe Talani;Mario Carta

  • Mechanisms by which diazepam, muscimol, and other drugs change the content of cGMP in cerebellar cortex.

    G. Biggio;B. B. Brodie;E. Costa;A. Guidotti

  • The effects of inhibitors of GABAergic transmission and stress on brain and plasma allopregnanolone concentrations

    M. L. Barbaccia;G. Roscetti;M. Trabucchi;R. H. Purdy

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

    Enrico Sanna;Mariangela Serra;Anna Cossu;Giancarlo Colombo

  • GABAergic and dopaminergic transmission in the rat cerebral cortex: effect of stress, anxiolytic and anxiogenic drugs.

    G Biggio;Alessandra Concas;Maria Giuseppa Corda;Osvaldo Giorgi

  • Synthesis and binding affinity of 2-phenylimidazo[1,2-alpha]pyridine derivatives for both central and peripheral benzodiazepine receptors. A new series of high-affinity and selective ligands for the peripheral type.

    Giuseppe Trapani;Massimo Franco;Laura Ricciardi;Andrea Latrofa

  • Biochemical and electrophysiologic evidence that propofol enhances GABAergic transmission in the rat brain.

    V. A. Peduto;A. Concas;G. Santoro;G. Biggio

  • Stimulation of dopamine synthesis in caudate nucleus by intrastriatal enkephalins and antagonism by naloxone

    G Biggio;Mariano Casu;Maria Giuseppa Corda;C Di Bello

Frequent Co-Authors

Mariangela Serra
Mariangela Serra University of Cagliari
Alessandra Concas
Alessandra Concas University of Cagliari
Gian Luigi Gessa
Gian Luigi Gessa University of Cagliari
Francesco Marrosu
Francesco Marrosu University of Cagliari
Erminio Costa
Erminio Costa National Institutes of Health
Giovanni Martinotti
Giovanni Martinotti University of Chieti-Pescara
Marco Trabucchi
Marco Trabucchi University of Rome Tor Vergata
Monica Puligheddu
Monica Puligheddu University of Cagliari
Angelo Carotti
Angelo Carotti University of Bari Aldo Moro
Mario Amore
Mario Amore University of Genoa

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