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  1. Adolescent cannabis exposure increases heroin reinforcement in rats genetically vulnerable to addiction

    Article • Neuropharmacology, April 2020, Elsevier

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  2. Role of genetic background in the effects of adolescent nicotine exposure on mesolimbic dopamine transmission

    Article • Addiction Biology, July 2019, Wiley

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  3. Adolescence versus adulthood: Differences in basal mesolimbic and nigrostriatal dopamine transmission and response to drugs of abuse

    Article • Addiction Biology, February 2019, Wiley

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  4. Widespread reduction of dopamine cell bodies and terminals in adult rats exposed to a low dose regimen of MDMA during adolescence

    Article • Neuropharmacology, September 2017, Elsevier

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  5. Cannabis; Epidemiological, Neurobiological and Psychopathological Issues: An Update

    Article • CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets, August 2017, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Duccio Papanti, John Corkery, PhD Cristina Cadoni

  6. Is there a Teratogenicity Risk Associated with Cannabis and Synthetic Cannabimimetics’ (‘Spice’) Intake?

    Article • CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets, August 2017, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Duccio Papanti, John Corkery, PhD Cristina Cadoni

  7. Fischer 344 and Lewis Rat Strains as a Model of Genetic Vulnerability to Drug Addiction

    Article • Frontiers in Neuroscience, February 2016, Frontiers

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  8. Conditioned saccharin avoidance induced by infusion of amphetamine in the nucleus accumbens shell and morphine in the ventral tegmental area: Behavioral and biochemical study

    Article • Behavioural Brain Research, August 2014, Elsevier

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  9. Strain dependence of adolescent Cannabis influence on heroin reward and mesolimbic dopamine transmission in adult Lewis and Fischer 344 rats

    Article • Addiction Biology, August 2013, Wiley

    Dr Nicola Simola, PhD Cristina Cadoni

  10. Differential influence of morphine sensitization on accumbens shell and core dopamine responses to morphine- and food-conditioned stimuli

    Article • Psychopharmacology, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  11. Conditioned saccharin avoidance and sensitization to drugs of abuse

    Article • Behavioural Brain Research, December 2010, Elsevier

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  12. Nicotine differentially affects dopamine transmission in the nucleus accumbens shell and core of Lewis and Fischer 344 rats

    Article • Neuropharmacology, October 2009, Elsevier

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  13. Behavioral sensitization to Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol and cross-sensitization with morphine: differential changes in accumbal shell and core dopamine transmission

    Article • Journal of Neurochemistry, August 2008, Wiley

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  14. Long-term increase in GAD67 mRNA expression in the central amygdala of rats sensitized by drugs and stress

    Article • European Journal of Neuroscience, March 2008, Wiley

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  15. Differences in dopamine responsiveness to drugs of abuse in the nucleus accumbens shell and core of Lewis and Fischer 344 rats

    Article • Journal of Neurochemistry, July 2007, Wiley

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  16. Effect of 3,4-methylendioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, “ecstasy”) on dopamine transmission in the nucleus accumbens shell and core

    Article • Brain Research, September 2005, Elsevier

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  17. Dopamine and drug addiction: the nucleus accumbens shell connection

    Article • Neuropharmacology, January 2004, Elsevier

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  18. Selective psychostimulant sensitization by food restriction: differential changes in accumbens shell and core dopamine

    Article • European Journal of Neuroscience, October 2003, Wiley

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  19. Behavioural sensitization after repeated exposure to Δ 9 -tetrahydrocannabinol and cross-sensitization with morphine

    Article • Psychopharmacology, November 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  20. Intravenous administration of ecstasy (3,4-methylendioxymethamphetamine) enhances cortical and striatal acetylcholine release in vivo

    Article • European Journal of Pharmacology, April 2001, Elsevier

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  21. Differential changes in accumbens shell and core dopamine in behavioral sensitization to nicotine

    Article • European Journal of Pharmacology, January 2000, Elsevier

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  22. Psychostimulant sensitization: differential changes in accumbal shell and core dopamine

    Article • European Journal of Pharmacology, January 2000, Elsevier

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  23. Drug Addiction as a Disorder of Associative Learning: Role of Nucleus Accumbens Shell/Extended Amygdala Dopamine

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, June 1999, Wiley

    Dr Gianluigi Tanda, PhD Cristina Cadoni

  24. Reciprocal changes in dopamine responsiveness in the nucleus accumbens shell and core and in the dorsal caudate–putamen in rats sensitized to morphine

    Article • Neuroscience, February 1999, Elsevier

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  25. Role of vesicular dopamine in the in vivo stimulation of striatal dopamine transmission by amphetamine: Evidence from microdialysis and Fos immunohistochemistry

    Article • Neuroscience, April 1995, Elsevier

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  26. Complex interactions between the steroid derivative RU 5135 and the GABAA-receptor complex

    Article • European Journal of Pharmacology Molecular Pharmacology, October 1992, Elsevier

    PhD Cristina Cadoni

  27. Calcium-Dependent, Tetrodotoxin-Sensitive Stimulation of Cortical Serotonin Release After a Tryptophan Load

    Article • Journal of Neurochemistry, September 1989, Wiley

    Dr Gianluigi Tanda, PhD Cristina Cadoni