Roberto Ciccocioppo

Roberto Ciccocioppo publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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Roberto Ciccocioppo 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 Roberto Ciccocioppo sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Compulsive drug-seeking behavior and relapse. Neuroadaptation, stress, and conditioning factors.

  Friedbert Weiss;Roberto Ciccocioppo;Loren H. Parsons;Simon Katner

  562
  Citations

• Cocaine-predictive stimulus induces drug-seeking behavior and neural activation in limbic brain regions after multiple months of abstinence: reversal by D(1) antagonists.

  Roberto Ciccocioppo;Pietro Paolo Sanna;Friedbert Weiss

  471
  Citations

• 3-(4-Chloro-2-morpholin-4-yl-thiazol-5-yl)-8-(1-ethylpropyl)-2,6-dimethyl-imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine : a novel brain-penetrant, orally available corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1 antagonist with efficacy in animal models of alcoholism

  Donald R. Gehlert;Andrea Cippitelli;Annika Thorsell;Anh Dzung Lê

  349
  Citations

• Variation at the rat Crhr1 locus and sensitivity to relapse into alcohol seeking induced by environmental stress

  Ac Hansson;Andrea Cippitelli;Wh Sommer;A Fedeli

  284
  Citations

• Stratified medicine for mental disorders

  Gunter Schumann;Elisabeth B. Binder;Arne Holte;E. Ronald de Kloet

  279
  Citations

• Effect of selective blockade of mu(1) or delta opioid receptors on reinstatement of alcohol-seeking behavior by drug-associated stimuli in rats

  Roberto Ciccocioppo;Rémi Martin-Fardon;Friedbert Weiss

  250
  Citations

• The biology of Nociceptin/Orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) related to obesity, stress, anxiety, mood, and drug dependence.

  Jeffrey M. Witkin;Michael A. Statnick;Linda M. Rorick-Kehn;John E. Pintar

  218
  Citations

• Effect of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonist SR-141716A on ethanol self-administration and ethanol-seeking behaviour in rats

  Daina Economidou;Laura Mattioli;Carlo Cifani;Marina Perfumi

  196
  Citations

• Genetically selected Marchigian Sardinian alcohol-preferring (msP) rats: an animal model to study the neurobiology of alcoholism.

  Roberto Ciccocioppo;Daina Economidou;Andrea Cippitelli;Marino Cucculelli

  193
  Citations

• Attenuation of ethanol self-administration and of conditioned reinstatement of alcohol-seeking behaviour by the antiopioid peptide nociceptin/orphanin FQ in alcohol-preferring rats.

  Roberto Ciccocioppo;Daina Economidou;Amalia Fedeli;Stefania Angeletti

  192
  Citations

• Nociceptin prevents stress-induced ethanol- but not cocaine-seeking behavior in rats.

  Rémi Martin-Fardon;Roberto Ciccocioppo;Maurizio Massi;Friedbert Weiss

  184
  Citations

• Effect of nociceptin on alcohol intake in alcohol-preferring rats.

  Roberto Ciccocioppo;Izabela Panocka;Carlo Polidori;Domenico Regoli

  167
  Citations

• Role of Orexin-1 Receptor Mechanisms on Compulsive Food Consumption in a Model of Binge Eating in Female Rats

  Laura Piccoli;Maria Vittoria Micioni Di Bonaventura;Carlo Cifani;Vivian J A Costantini

  165
  Citations

• Cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonism reduces conditioned reinstatement of ethanol-seeking behavior in rats.

  Andrea Cippitelli;Ainhoa Bilbao;Anita C. Hansson;Ignacio Del Arco

  161
  Citations

• Stimuli associated with a single cocaine experience elicit long-lasting cocaine-seeking.

  Roberto Ciccocioppo;Rémi Martin-Fardon;Friedbert Weiss

  155
  Citations

• Role of innate and drug-induced dysregulation of brain stress and arousal systems in addiction: Focus on corticotropin-releasing factor, nociceptin/orphanin FQ, and orexin/hypocretin

  Rémi Martin-Fardon;Eric P. Zorrilla;Roberto Ciccocioppo;Friedbert Weiss

  152
  Citations

• The Bed Nucleus Is a Neuroanatomical Substrate for the Anorectic Effect of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor and for Its Reversal by Nociceptin/Orphanin FQ

  Roberto Ciccocioppo;Amalia Fedeli;Daina Economidou;Federica Policani

  152
  Citations

• The effects of acamprosate and neramexane on cue-induced reinstatement of ethanol-seeking behavior in rat.

  Daniel Bachteler;Daina Economidou;Wojciech Danysz;Roberto Ciccocioppo

  149
  Citations

• Perinatal exposure to delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol causes enduring cognitive deficits associated with alteration of cortical gene expression and neurotransmission in rats.

  Patrizia Campolongo;Viviana Trezza;Tommaso Cassano;Silvana Gaetani

  148
  Citations

• Activation of Nuclear PPARγ Receptors by the Antidiabetic Agent Pioglitazone Suppresses Alcohol Drinking and Relapse to Alcohol Seeking

  Serena Stopponi;Lorenzo Somaini;Andrea Cippitelli;Andrea Cippitelli;Nazzareno Cannella

  144
  Citations