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Marco Diana

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Neuroscience

D-Index
52
Citations
8055
World Ranking
5397
National Ranking
272

Marco Diana publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marco Diana sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 163 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Marco Diana D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marco Diana sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Marco Diana is affiliated with the University of Sassari in Italy and specializes in neuroscience, with a research focus spanning cognitive neuroscience, neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, demography, and clinical psychology. Their work centrally involves studies on transcranial magnetic stimulation, neural and behavioral psychology, functional brain connectivity, and the influence of neurotransmitter receptors on behavior.

The scientist has contributed to the following main research topics:

  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Psychedelics and Drug Studies
  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy
  • Technology Use by Older Adults

Marco Diana has published extensively, with notable publications in venues such as the American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, Addictive Behaviors, Current Opinion in Pharmacology, Sustainability, and Biomedicines. Key recent papers include:

  • "Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: A review about its efficacy in the treatment of alcohol, tobacco and cocaine addiction," 2020, Addictive Behaviors
  • "The hypodopaminergic state ten years after: transcranial magnetic stimulation as a tool to test the dopamine hypothesis of drug addiction," 2020, Current Opinion in Pharmacology
  • "The Digital Divide and the Elderly: How Urban and Rural Realities Shape Well-Being and Social Inclusion in the Sardinian Context," 2025, Sustainability
  • "Effects of the Phenethylamine 2-Cl-4,5-MDMA and the Synthetic Cathinone 3,4-MDPHP in Adolescent Rats: Focus on Sex Differences," 2022, Biomedicines
  • "Communal nesting differentially attenuates the impact of pre-weaning social isolation on behavior in male and female rats during adolescence and adulthood," 2023, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Their collaboration network includes frequent co-authors such as Liana Fattore, Surendra Sharma, Joanne Kwak-Kim, Christopher Davies, and Vikki M. Abrahams, each having contributed to multiple joint publications.

Marco Diana's book publication includes a chapter in "Insights in Addictive Disorders: 2022," published in 2024 by Frontiers Media.

Best Publications

  • Cannabinoids activate mesolimbic dopamine neurons by an action on cannabinoid CB1 receptors.

    GianLuigi Gessa;Miriam Melis;AnnaLisa Muntoni;Marco Diana

  • Profound decrement of mesolimbic dopaminergic neuronal activity during ethanol withdrawal syndrome in rats: electrophysiological and biochemical evidence

    Marco Diana;Marco Pistis;Susanna Carboni;Gian Luigi Gessa

  • The dopamine hypothesis of drug addiction: hypodopaminergic state.

    Miriam Melis;Saturnino Spiga;Marco Diana

  • Transcranial electrical and magnetic stimulation (tES and TMS) for addiction medicine: A consensus paper on the present state of the science and the road ahead

    Hamed Ekhtiari;Hosna Tavakoli;Giovanni Addolorato;Chris Baeken

  • The dopamine hypothesis of drug addiction and its potential therapeutic value.

    Marco Diana

  • Mesolimbic Dopaminergic Decline after Cannabinoid Withdrawal

    Marco Diana;Miriam Melis;Anna Lisa Muntoni;Gian Luigi Gessa

  • Rehabilitating the addicted brain with transcranial magnetic stimulation.

    Marco Diana;Tommi Raij;Miriam Melis;Aapo Nummenmaa

  • Acetaldehyde increases dopaminergic neuronal activity in the VTA.

    Marzia Foddai;Gabriella Dosia;Saturnino Spiga;Marco Diana

  • Profound decrease of mesolimbic dopaminergic neuronal activity in morphine withdrawn rats.

    M Diana;M Pistis;A Muntoni;G Gessa

  • Impaired decision-making in opiate-dependent subjects: effect of pharmacological therapies.

    Roberto Pirastu;Rossana Fais;Monica Messina;V. Bini

  • Increase in meso‐prefrontal dopaminergic activity after stimulation of CB1 receptors by cannabinoids

    M. Diana;M. Melis;G. L. Gessa

  • Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors inhibit GABA release at interneuron-Purkinje cell synapses through endocannabinoid production.

    Micaela Galante;Marco A. Diana

  • Lasting reduction in mesolimbic dopamine neuronal activity after morphine withdrawal.

    Marco Diana;Anna Lisa Muntoni;Anna Lisa Muntoni;Marco Pistis;Marco Pistis;Miriam Melis

  • Mesolimbic dopaminergic reduction outlasts ethanol withdrawal syndrome: evidence of protracted abstinence.

    Marco Diana;Marco Pistis;Anna Lisa Muntoni;Gian Luigi Gessa

  • Alcohol withdrawal in rats is associated with a marked fall in extraneuronal dopamine

    Zvani L. Rossetti;Franco Melis;Susanna Carboni;Marco Diana

  • Different mechanisms for dopaminergic excitation induced by opiates and cannabinoids in the rat midbrain.

    Miriam Melis;Gian Luigi Gessa;Marco Diana

  • Drug dependence as a disorder of neural plasticity: focus on dopamine and glutamate.

    Luigi Pulvirenti;Marco Diana

  • Acetaldehyde mediates alcohol activation of the mesolimbic dopamine system.

    Miriam Melis;Paolo Enrico;Alessandra Tiziana Peana;Marco Diana

  • Dissociation of Haloperidol, Clozapine, and Olanzapine Effects on Electrical Activity of Mesocortical Dopamine Neurons and Dopamine Release in the Prefrontal Cortex

    Gian Luigi Gessa;Paola Devoto;Marco Diana;Giovanna Flore

  • Novel therapeutic strategies for alcohol and drug addiction: focus on GABA, ion channels and transcranial magnetic stimulation.

    Giovanni Addolorato;Lorenzo Leggio;Lorenzo Leggio;Frederic Woodward Hopf;Marco Diana

  • Increase in meso-prefrontal dopaminergic activity after stimulation of CB1 receptors by cannabinoids.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Gian Luigi Gessa
Gian Luigi Gessa University of Cagliari
Marco Pistis
Marco Pistis University of Cagliari
Miriam Melis
Miriam Melis University of Cagliari
Liana Fattore
Liana Fattore National Research Council (CNR)
Antonello Bonci
Antonello Bonci National Institute on Drug Abuse
Giovanni Addolorato
Giovanni Addolorato Sapienza University of Rome
François Georges
François Georges University of Bordeaux
Giovanni Biggio
Giovanni Biggio University of Cagliari
Walter Fratta
Walter Fratta University of Cagliari
Paola Devoto
Paola Devoto University of Cagliari

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