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Mariangela Serra

Mariangela Serra

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Neuroscience

D-Index
47
Citations
7339
World Ranking
6498
National Ranking
333

Overview

Mariangela Serra is affiliated with the University of Cagliari in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in neuroscience and medicine. Their academic output spans key topics in neuroendocrinology, pharmacology, and behavioral neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers a range of fields including:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Within these fields, their subfields of study include:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Pharmacology
  • Social Psychology
  • Neurology

The primary topics addressed in their research are:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Coffee research and impacts
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Frequent collaborators of Mariangela Serra include:

  • Patrizia Porcu
  • Maria Giuseppina Pisu
  • Paolo Follesa
  • Carlotta Siddi
  • Giuseppe Talani

Their publications are regularly featured in these venues:

  • Biomolecules
  • Neuropharmacology
  • Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
  • Hormones and Behavior
  • The Cerebellum

Recent research papers include:

  • Mixing energy drinks and alcohol during adolescence impairs brain function: A study of rat hippocampal plasticity, 2024, Neuropharmacology
  • How hormonal contraceptives shape brain and behavior: A review of preclinical studies, 2022, Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
  • Chronic treatment with hormonal contraceptives alters hippocampal BDNF and histone H3 post-translational modifications but not learning and memory in female rats, 2022, Hormones and Behavior
  • The Allopregnanolone Response to Acute Stress in Females: Preclinical and Clinical Studies, 2022, Biomolecules
  • Therapeutic Use of Cerebellar Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation (iTBS) in a Sardinian Family Affected by Spinocerebellar Ataxia 38 (SCA 38), 2021, The Cerebellum

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Novel 2-Phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine Derivatives as Potent and Selective Ligands for Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptors: Synthesis, Binding Affinity, and in Vivo Studies

    Giuseppe Trapani;Massimo Franco;Andrea Latrofa;Laura Ricciardi

  • Social isolation-induced changes in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in the rat.

    Mariangela Serra;Mg Pisu;I Floris;G. Biggio

  • The General Anesthetic Propofol Enhances the Function of γ‐Aminobutyric Acid‐Coupled Chloride Channel in the Rat Cerebral Cortex

    Alessandra Concas;G Santoro;Mp Mascia;Mariangela Serra

  • Physiology and gene regulation of the brain NPY Y1 receptor

    Carola Eva;Mariangela Serra;Paolo Mele;GianCarlo Panzica

  • Allopregnanolone synthesis in cerebellar granule cells: roles in regulation of GABA(A) receptor expression and function during progesterone treatment and withdrawal.

    Paolo Follesa;Mariangela Serra;Elisabetta Cagetti;Maria Giuseppina Pisu

  • Neurochemical action of the general anaesthetic propofol on the chloride ion channel coupled with GABAA receptors

    A. Concas;G. Santoro;M. Serra;E. Sanna

  • Neurosteroid secretion in panic disorder

    Francesca Brambilla;Giovanni Biggio;Maria Giuseppina Pisu;Laura Bellodi

  • 2-Phenyl-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine derivatives as ligands for peripheral benzodiazepine receptors: stimulation of neurosteroid synthesis and anticonflict action in rats.

    Mariangela Serra;Paola Madau;Maria Francesca Chessa;Monica Caddeo

  • Stress and β-carbolines decrease the density of low affinity gaba binding sites: An effect reversed by diazepam

    G. Biggio;A. Concas;M. Serra;M. Salis

  • Neurosteroids, GABAA receptors, and ethanol dependence.

    Paolo Follesa;Francesca Biggio;Giuseppe Talani;Luca Murru

  • Sex differences in the outcome of juvenile social isolation on HPA axis function in rats.

    M. G. Pisu;Anna Garau;Giorgia Boero;Francesca Biggio

  • Foot‐Shock Stress and Anxiogenic β‐Carbolines Increase t‐[35S]Butylbicyclophosphorothionate Binding in the Rat Cerebral Cortex, an Effect Opposite to Anxiolytics and γ‐Aminobutyric Acid Mimetics

    A. Concas;M. Serra;T. Atsoggiu;G. Biggio

  • Social isolation stress and neuroactive steroids.

    Mariangela Serra;Enrico Sanna;Mc Mostallino;G. Biggio

  • Maternal separation attenuates the effect of adolescent social isolation on HPA axis responsiveness in adult rats

    F. Biggio;M.G. Pisu;A. Garau;G. Boero

  • Stress, Ethanol, and Neuroactive Steroids

    Giovanni Biggio;Alessandra Concas;Paolo Follesa;Enrico Sanna

  • Stress and neurosteroids in adult and aged rats

    Ml Barbaccia;Alessandra Concas;Mariangela Serra;G. Biggio

  • Failure of gamma-hydroxybutyrate to alter the function of the GABAA receptor complex in the rat cerebral cortex.

    M. Serra;E. Sanna;C. Foddi;A. Concas

  • Neurosteroids and neuroactive drugs in mental disorders.

    M.Giuseppina Pisu;Mariangela Serra

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandra Concas
Alessandra Concas University of Cagliari
Giancarlo Panzica
Giancarlo Panzica University of Turin
Kengo Ito
Kengo Ito Nagoya University
Monica Puligheddu
Monica Puligheddu University of Cagliari
Natalie L. Rasgon
Natalie L. Rasgon Stanford University
Francesco Marrosu
Francesco Marrosu University of Cagliari
Emilio Russo
Emilio Russo Magna Graecia University
Lin Mei
Lin Mei Case Western Reserve University
A. Leslie Morrow
A. Leslie Morrow University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Giampaolo Perna
Giampaolo Perna Humanitas University

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