Roberto Ciccocioppo

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1 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. J Neurosci 2007 2.05
2 Cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonism reduces conditioned reinstatement of ethanol-seeking behavior in rats. Eur J Neurosci 2005 1.25
3 Activation of nuclear PPARγ receptors by the antidiabetic agent pioglitazone suppresses alcohol drinking and relapse to alcohol seeking. Biol Psychiatry 2011 1.17
4 Region-specific down-regulation of Crhr1 gene expression in alcohol-preferring msP rats following ad lib access to alcohol. Addict Biol 2007 1.15
5 Effect of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonist SR-141716A on ethanol self-administration and ethanol-seeking behaviour in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2005 1.15
6 Dysregulation of nociceptin/orphanin FQ activity in the amygdala is linked to excessive alcohol drinking in the rat. Biol Psychiatry 2008 1.14
7 The effects of acamprosate and neramexane on cue-induced reinstatement of ethanol-seeking behavior in rat. Neuropsychopharmacology 2005 1.12
8 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. Brain Res 2009 1.11
9 Neuropeptide S facilitates cue-induced relapse to cocaine seeking through activation of the hypothalamic hypocretin system. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 1.10
10 Pharmacological characterization of the nociceptin/orphanin FQ receptor antagonist SB-612111 [(-)-cis-1-methyl-7-[[4-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)piperidin-1-yl]methyl]-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5H-benzocyclohepten-5-ol]: in vivo studies. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2007 1.09
11 Stress-related neuropeptides and addictive behaviors: beyond the usual suspects. Neuron 2012 1.06
12 Persistent increase of alcohol-seeking evoked by neuropeptide S: an effect mediated by the hypothalamic hypocretin system. Neuropsychopharmacology 2009 1.04
13 Increase of brain endocannabinoid anandamide levels by FAAH inhibition and alcohol abuse behaviours in the rat. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2008 1.01
14 Pharmacological blockade of corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1 (CRH1R) reduces voluntary consumption of high alcohol concentrations in non-dependent Wistar rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2011 0.98
15 Promising medications for cocaine dependence treatment. Recent Pat CNS Drug Discov 2011 0.98
16 The anandamide transport inhibitor AM404 reduces ethanol self-administration. Eur J Neurosci 2007 0.98
17 Further studies on the pharmacological profile of the neuropeptide S receptor antagonist SHA 68. Peptides 2010 0.97
18 Activation of brain NOP receptors attenuates acute and protracted alcohol withdrawal symptoms in the rat. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2011 0.96
19 Animal models of motivation for drinking in rodents with a focus on opioid receptor neuropharmacology. Recent Dev Alcohol 2003 0.95
20 Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) agonists as promising new medications for drug addiction: preclinical evidence. Curr Drug Targets 2013 0.94
21 Role of a genetic polymorphism in the corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1 gene in alcohol drinking and seeking behaviors of marchigian sardinian alcohol-preferring rats. Front Psychiatry 2013 0.94
22 Microarrays--the challenge of preparing brain tissue samples. Addict Biol 2005 0.92
23 Perinatal exposure to delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol causes enduring cognitive deficits associated with alteration of cortical gene expression and neurotransmission in rats. Addict Biol 2007 0.92
24 Activation of PPARγ by pioglitazone potentiates the effects of naltrexone on alcohol drinking and relapse in msP rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2013 0.91
25 Endocannabinoid regulation of acute and protracted nicotine withdrawal: effect of FAAH inhibition. PLoS One 2011 0.90
26 A preclinical model of binge eating elicited by yo-yo dieting and stressful exposure to food: effect of sibutramine, fluoxetine, topiramate, and midazolam. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2009 0.90
27 Reduced limbic metabolism and fronto-cortical volume in rats vulnerable to alcohol addiction. Neuroimage 2012 0.90
28 Increased perioculomotor urocortin 1 immunoreactivity in genetically selected alcohol preferring rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2009 0.89
29 Effect of salidroside, active principle of Rhodiola rosea extract, on binge eating. Physiol Behav 2010 0.88
30 Modification of anxiety-like behaviors by nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) and time-dependent changes in N/OFQ-NOP gene expression following ethanol withdrawal. Addict Biol 2012 0.88
31 Hypothalamic neuropeptide S receptor blockade decreases discriminative cue-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking in the rat. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2012 0.88
32 Revisiting intragastric ethanol intubation as a dependence induction method for studies of ethanol reward and motivation in rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2009 0.87
33 A novel brain penetrant NPS receptor antagonist, NCGC00185684, blocks alcohol-induced ERK-phosphorylation in the central amygdala and decreases operant alcohol self-administration in rats. J Neurosci 2013 0.86
34 Hypericum perforatum CO2 extract and opioid receptor antagonists act synergistically to reduce ethanol intake in alcohol-preferring rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2003 0.86
35 Pregabalin reduces cocaine self-administration and relapse to cocaine seeking in the rat. Addict Biol 2012 0.86
36 Effects of early life permethrin exposure on spatial working memory and on monoamine levels in different brain areas of pre-senescent rats. Toxicology 2012 0.85
37 Role of orexin-1 receptor mechanisms on compulsive food consumption in a model of binge eating in female rats. Neuropsychopharmacology 2012 0.85
38 Enhanced GABAergic transmission in the central nucleus of the amygdala of genetically selected Marchigian Sardinian rats: alcohol and CRF effects. Neuropharmacology 2012 0.84
39 The dorsal subiculum mediates the acquisition of conditioned reinstatement of cocaine-seeking. Neuropsychopharmacology 2007 0.83
40 The paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus is a neuroanatomical substrate for the inhibition of palatable food intake by neuropeptide S. Eur J Neurosci 2009 0.83
41 The genetic of alcoholism: learning from 50 years of research. Addict Biol 2006 0.83
42 AT-1001: a high-affinity α3β4 nAChR ligand with novel nicotine-suppressive pharmacology. Br J Pharmacol 2015 0.83
43 Polymorphism in the corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1 (CRF1-R) gene plays a role in shaping the high anxious phenotype of Marchigian Sardinian alcohol-preferring (msP) rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2014 0.82
44 Melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1 (MCH1-R) antagonism: reduced appetite for calories and suppression of addictive-like behaviors. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2012 0.82
45 Neuropeptide S receptor gene expression in alcohol withdrawal and protracted abstinence in postdependent rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2009 0.81
46 The role of the neuropeptide S system in addiction: focus on its interaction with the CRF and hypocretin/orexin neurotransmission. Prog Neurobiol 2012 0.81
47 Pregabalin reduces alcohol drinking and relapse to alcohol seeking in the rat. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2011 0.81
48 Effect of neuropeptide S receptor antagonists and partial agonists on palatable food consumption in the rat. Peptides 2010 0.81
49 Role of cannabinoidergic mechanisms in ethanol self-administration and ethanol seeking in rat adult offspring following perinatal exposure to Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2007 0.81
50 Effect of novel NOP receptor ligands on food intake in rats. Peptides 2006 0.80
51 Pharmacology and toxicology of Cannabis derivatives and endocannabinoid agonists. Recent Pat CNS Drug Discov 2010 0.80
52 Analgesic tolerance to morphine is regulated by PPARγ. Br J Pharmacol 2014 0.79
53 Translational approach to develop novel medications on alcohol addiction: focus on neuropeptides. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2013 0.79
54 Morphine dependence is associated with changes in neuropeptide S receptor expression and function in rat brain. Peptides 2013 0.78
55 Effect of Hypericum perforatum CO2 extract on the motivational properties of ethanol in alcohol-preferring rats. Alcohol Alcohol 2005 0.77
56 Caloric restriction increases the sensitivity to the hyperphagic effect of nociceptin/orphanin FQ limiting its ability to reduce binge eating in female rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2013 0.77
57 Blockade of gamma-aminobutyric acid receptors does not modify the inhibiton of ethanol intake induced by Hypericum perforatum in rats. Alcohol Alcohol 2002 0.77
58 Neonatal exposure to permethrin pesticide causes lifelong fear and spatial learning deficits and alters hippocampal morphology of synapses. J Neurodev Disord 2014 0.76
59 Autoradiographic analysis of 5-hydroxytryptamine 5-HT2A binding sites in the rat brain after chronic intragastric ethanol treatments. Res Commun Mol Pathol Pharmacol 2002 0.76
60 Biomarkers of hippocampal gene expression in a mouse restraint chronic stress model. Pharmacogenomics 2015 0.76
61 Pharmacological characterisation of [(pX)Phe4]nociceptin(1-13)NH2 analogues. 2. In vivo studies. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2002 0.76
62 Pre-exposure to environmental cues predictive of food availability elicits hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation and increases operant responding for food in female rats. Addict Biol 2009 0.76
63 Activation of the nociceptin/orphanin FQ system is unable to reverse CRF2 receptor mediated anorexia in the rat. Peptides 2006 0.75
64 Brain functional connectivity alterations in a rat model of excessive alcohol drinking: A resting-state network analysis. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2017 0.75
65 PPARc activation attenuates opioid consumption and modulates mesolimbic dopamine transmission. Neuropsychopharmacology 2015 0.75