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Gianluigi Tanda

National Institute on Drug Abuse(US)Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Sassari(IT)Medication Management (United States)(US)

Publications by Year

Research Areas

Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects

Most-Cited Works

→ Cannabinoid and Heroin Activation of Mesolimbic Dopamine Transmission by a Common µ ₁ Opioid Receptor Mechanism(1997)1,085 cited
→ Effects of nicotine on the nucleus accumbens and similarity to those of addictive drugs(1996)1,077 cited
→ Intravenous cocaine, morphine, and amphetamine preferentially increase extracellular dopamine in the "shell" as compared with the "core" of the rat nucleus accumbens.(1995)866 cited
→ Blockade of the Noradrenaline Carrier Increases Extracellular Dopamine Concentrations in the Prefrontal Cortex: Evidence that Dopamine Is Taken up In Vivo by Noradrenergic Terminals(1990)408 cited
→ Self-administration behavior is maintained by the psychoactive ingredient of marijuana in squirrel monkeys(2000)346 cited
→ Increase of extracellular dopamine in the prefrontal cortex: a trait of drugs with antidepressant potential?(1994)

320 cited

→ Cannabinoids: reward, dependence, and underlying neurochemical mechanisms?a review of recent preclinical data(2003)275 cited

→ Reciprocal changes in prefrontal and limbic dopamine responsiveness to aversive and rewarding stimuli after chronic mild stress: implications for the psychobiology of depression(1999)251 cited

→ Drug Addiction as a Disorder of Associative Learning: Role of Nucleus Accumbens Shell/Extended Amygdala Dopamine(1999)239 cited

→ Anandamide administration alone and after inhibition of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) increases dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens shell in rats(2006)226 cited