Giovanni Biggio

Best Publications

• International Union of Pharmacology. XV. Subtypes of gamma-aminobutyric acidA receptors: classification on the basis of subunit structure and receptor function.

  E. A. Barnard;P. Skolnick;R. W. Olsen;H. Mohler

  1675
  Citations

• 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

  486
  Citations

• 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

  388
  Citations

• 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

  378
  Citations

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

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

  375
  Citations

• 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

  370
  Citations

• 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

  366
  Citations

• 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

  274
  Citations

• Stress and neuroactive steroids.

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

  271
  Citations

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

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

  258
  Citations

• 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

  250
  Citations

• 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

  240
  Citations

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

  Enrico Sanna;Fabio Busonero;Giuseppe Talani;Mario Carta

  236
  Citations

• 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

  230
  Citations

• 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

  227
  Citations

• 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
  Citations

• 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

  220
  Citations

• 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

  206
  Citations

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

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

  192
  Citations

• International Union of Pharmacology. XV. Subtypes of γ-Aminobutyric AcidA Receptors: Classification on the Basis of Subunit Structure and Receptor Function

  Unknown

  35
  Citations