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Viviana Trezza

Viviana Trezza

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
57
Citations
12340
World Ranking
1786
National Ranking
14

Overview

Viviana Trezza is a researcher affiliated with Roma Tre University in Italy, with a primary focus on Neuroscience, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including Genetics, Behavioral Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research covers several important topics: Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Tryptophan and Brain Disorders, and broader Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.

Among the recent papers attributed to this researcher are:

  • Sex Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Diagnostic, Neurobiological, and Behavioral Features, 2022, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Statement on safety of cannabidiol as a novel food: data gaps and uncertainties, 2022, EFSA Journal
  • Sex-divergent long-term effects of single prolonged stress in adult rats, 2020, Behavioural Brain Research
  • Missense mutation of Fmr1 results in impaired AMPAR-mediated plasticity and socio-cognitive deficits in mice, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Healing autism spectrum disorder with cannabinoids: a neuroinflammatory story, 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Frequent collaborators include Valeria Buzzelli, Sara Schiavi, Antonia Manduca, Emilia Carbone, and Patrizia Campolongo, demonstrating ongoing research partnerships.

Publications by Viviana Trezza have appeared in several venues multiple times, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • EFSA Journal
  • Journal of Neurochemistry
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Human serum albumin: from bench to bedside.

    Gabriella Fanali;Alessandra di Masi;Viviana Trezza;Maria Marino

  • Antidepressant-like activity and modulation of brain monoaminergic transmission by blockade of anandamide hydrolysis

    G. Gobbi;F. R. Bambico;R. Mangieri;M. Bortolato

  • The pleasures of play: pharmacological insights into social reward mechanisms.

    Viviana Trezza;Petra J.J. Baarendse;Louk J.M.J. Vanderschuren

  • The neurobiology of social play and its rewarding value in rats

    Louk J.M.J. Vanderschuren;E.J. Marijke Achterberg;Viviana Trezza

  • Endocannabinoids in the rat basolateral amygdala enhance memory consolidation and enable glucocorticoid modulation of memory.

    Patrizia Campolongo;Benno Roozendaal;Viviana Trezza;Daniela Hauer

  • Nucleus Accumbens μ-Opioid Receptors Mediate Social Reward

    V. Trezza;R. Damsteegt;E.J.M. Achterberg;L.J.M.J. Vanderschuren

  • Evaluating the rewarding nature of social interactions in laboratory animals.

    Viviana Trezza;Patrizia Campolongo;Louk J.M.J. Vanderschuren

  • Anxiolytic-Like Properties of the Anandamide Transport Inhibitor AM404

    Marco Bortolato;Patrizia Campolongo;Regina Anne Mangieri;Maria Luisa Scattoni

  • Bidirectional cannabinoid modulation of social behavior in adolescent rats

    Viviana Trezza;Louk J. M. J. Vanderschuren

  • Social Play Behavior in Adolescent Rats is Mediated by Functional Activity in Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Striatum

    Linda W M van Kerkhof;Ruth Damsteegt;Viviana Trezza;Pieter Voorn

  • Sex Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Diagnostic, Neurobiological, and Behavioral Features

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  • Endocannabinoids in Amygdala and Nucleus Accumbens Mediate Social Play Reward in Adolescent Rats

    Viviana Trezza;Ruth Damsteegt;Antonia Manduca;Stefania Petrosino

  • What the laboratory rat has taught us about social play behavior: role in behavioral development and neural mechanisms.

    Louk J.M.J. Vanderschuren;Viviana Trezza

  • Cannabinoid and opioid modulation of social play behavior in adolescent rats: Differential behavioral mechanisms

    Viviana Trezza;Louk J.M.J. Vanderschuren

  • Effects of perinatal exposure to delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol on the emotional reactivity of the offspring: a longitudinal behavioral study in Wistar rats.

    Viviana Trezza;Patrizia Campolongo;Tommaso Cassano;Teresa Macheda

  • Developmental consequences of perinatal cannabis exposure: Behavioral and neuroendocrine effects in adult rodents

    Patrizia Campolongo;Viviana Trezza;Patrizia Ratano;Maura Palmery

  • Cannabis and the developing brain: Insights from behavior

    Viviana Trezza;Vincenzo Cuomo;Louk J M J Vanderschuren

  • Fat-induced satiety factor oleoylethanolamide enhances memory consolidation

    Patrizia Campolongo;Benno Roozendaal;Viviana Trezza;Vincenzo Cuomo

  • Sex-dependent effects of in utero cannabinoid exposure on cortical function.

    Anissa Bara;Anissa Bara;Antonia Manduca;Antonia Manduca;Axel Bernabeu;Axel Bernabeu;Milene Borsoi;Milene Borsoi

  • Targeting anandamide metabolism rescues core and associated autistic-like symptoms in rats prenatally exposed to valproic acid.

    M Servadio;F Melancia;A Manduca;A di Masi

  • 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

  • Conditioned place preference induced by social play behavior: Parametrics, extinction, reinstatement and disruption by methylphenidate

    Viviana Trezza;Ruth Damsteegt;Louk J.M.J. Vanderschuren

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrizia Campolongo
Patrizia Campolongo Sapienza University of Rome
Paolo Ascenzi
Paolo Ascenzi Roma Tre University
Olivier J. Manzoni
Olivier J. Manzoni Aix-Marseille University
Luigia Trabace
Luigia Trabace University of Foggia
Fabio Polticelli
Fabio Polticelli Roma Tre University
Benno Roozendaal
Benno Roozendaal Radboud University
Tommaso Cassano
Tommaso Cassano University of Foggia
Marco Bortolato
Marco Bortolato University of Florida
Barbara Bardoni
Barbara Bardoni Université Côte d'Azur

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