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  1. Rationale for an adjunctive therapy with fenofibrate in pharmacoresistant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

    Article • Epilepsia, August 2017, Wiley

    Marco Pistis

  2. Targeting the interaction between fatty acid ethanolamides and nicotinic receptors: Therapeutic perspectives

    Article • Pharmacological Research, August 2014, Elsevier

    Marco Pistis

  3. Reducing cannabinoid abuse and preventing relapse by enhancing endogenous brain levels of kynurenic acid

    Article • Nature Neuroscience, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marco Pistis, Dr Gianluigi Tanda, Sergi Ferre

  4. Investigation of endocannabinoid system genes suggests association between peroxisome proliferator activator receptor-α gene (PPARA) and schizophrenia

    Article • European Neuropsychopharmacology, July 2013, Elsevier

    Marco Pistis

  5. PPAR-Alpha Agonists as Novel Antiepileptic Drugs: Preclinical Findings

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2013, PLOS

    Marco Pistis

  6. Physiological Role of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors Type Alpha on Dopamine Systems

    Article • CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets, March 2013, Bentham Science Publishers

    Marco Pistis

  7. Sex-specific tonic 2-arachidonoylglycerol signaling at inhibitory inputs onto dopamine neurons of Lister Hooded rats

    Article • Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, January 2013, Frontiers

    Marco Pistis

  8. Anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol: Pharmacological Properties, Functional Features, and Emerging Specificities of the Two Major Endocannabinoids

    Article • Molecular Neurobiology, July 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marco Pistis

  9. Novel Use of a Lipid-Lowering Fibrate Medication to Prevent Nicotine Reward and Relapse: Preclinical Findings

    Article • Neuropsychopharmacology, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marco Pistis

  10. Endocannabinoids and the Processing of Value-Related Signals

    Article • Frontiers in Pharmacology, January 2012, Frontiers

    Marco Pistis

  11. Inhibitory Inputs from Rostromedial Tegmental Neurons Regulate Spontaneous Activity of Midbrain Dopamine Cells and Their Responses to Drugs of Abuse

    Article • Neuropsychopharmacology, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marco Pistis

  12. Blockade of Nicotine Reward and Reinstatement by Activation of Alpha-Type Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors

    Article • Biological Psychiatry, April 2011, Elsevier

    Marco Pistis, Dr Gianluigi Tanda

  13. Effects of Drugs of Abuse on Putative Rostromedial Tegmental Neurons, Inhibitory Afferents to Midbrain Dopamine Cells

    Article • Neuropsychopharmacology, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marco Pistis

  14. Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors-Alpha Modulate Dopamine Cell Activity Through Nicotinic Receptors

    Article • Biological Psychiatry, August 2010, Elsevier

    Marco Pistis

  15. The endocannabinoid system and nondrug rewarding behaviours

    Article • Experimental Neurology, July 2010, Elsevier

    Marco Pistis

  16. PRECLINICAL STUDY: FULL ARTICLE: Effects of fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibition on neuronal responses to nicotine, cocaine and morphine in the nucleus accumbens shell and ventral tegmental area: involvement of PPAR‐α nuclear receptors

    Article • Addiction Biology, June 2010, Wiley

    Marco Pistis

  17. Electrophysiological properties of dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area of Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats

    Article • Psychopharmacology, September 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marco Pistis

  18. Alcohol Inhibits Spontaneous Activity of Basolateral Amygdala Projection Neurons in the Rat: Involvement of the Endocannabinoid System

    Article • Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research, January 2008, Wiley

    Marco Pistis

  19. Dysregulation of the endogenous cannabinoid system in adult rats prenatally treated with the cannabinoid agonist WIN 55,212-2

    Article • European Journal of Pharmacology, November 2007, Elsevier

    Marco Pistis

  20. Medial forebrain bundle stimulation evokes endocannabinoid-mediated modulation of ventral tegmental area dopamine neuron firing in vivo

    Article • Psychopharmacology, February 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marco Pistis

  21. Cannabinoids modulate spontaneous neuronal activity and evoked inhibition of locus coeruleus noradrenergic neurons

    Article • European Journal of Neuroscience, May 2006, Wiley

    Marco Pistis

  22. Involvement of the endogenous cannabinoid system in the effects of alcohol in the mesolimbic reward circuit: electrophysiological evidence in vivo

    Article • Psychopharmacology, October 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marco Pistis

  23. Adolescent exposure to cannabinoids induces long-Lasting changes in the response to drugs of abuse of rat midbrain dopamine neurons

    Article • Biological Psychiatry, July 2004, Elsevier

    Marco Pistis

  24. Cannabinoids modulate neuronal firing in the rat basolateral amygdala: evidence for CB1- and non-CB1-mediated actions

    Article • Neuropharmacology, January 2004, Elsevier

    Marco Pistis

  25. Characterization of wild-type (R100R) and mutated (Q100Q) GABAA α6 subunit in Sardinian alcohol non-preferring rats (sNP)

    Article • Brain Research, March 2003, Elsevier

    Marco Pistis

  26. Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol decreases extracellular GABA and increases extracellular glutamate and dopamine levels in the rat prefrontal cortex: an in vivo microdialysis study

    Article • Brain Research, September 2002, Elsevier

    Marco Pistis

  27. Cannabinoids inhibit excitatory inputs to neurons in the shell of the nucleus accumbens: an in vivo electrophysiological study

    Article • European Journal of Neuroscience, June 2002, Wiley

    Marco Pistis

  28. Stereoselectivity of NCS-382 binding to γ-hydroxybutyrate receptor in the rat brain

    Article • European Journal of Pharmacology, June 2002, Elsevier

    Marco Pistis

  29. Effects of cannabinoids on prefrontal neuronal responses to ventral tegmental area stimulation

    Article • European Journal of Neuroscience, July 2001, Wiley

    Marco Pistis

  30. General anaesthetic action at transmitter-gated inhibitory amino acid receptors

    Article • Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, December 1999, Elsevier

    Marco Pistis

  31. Lasting reduction in mesolimbic dopamine neuronal activity after morphine withdrawal

    Article • European Journal of Neuroscience, March 1999, Wiley

    Marco Pistis

  32. Complementary regulation of anaesthetic activation of human (α6β3γ2L) and Drosophila (RDL) GABA receptors by a single amino acid residue

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, February 1999, Wiley

    Marco Pistis

  33. The effect of a transmembrane amino acid on etomidate sensitivity of an invertebrate GABA receptor

    Article • British Journal of Pharmacology, May 1998, Wiley

    Marco Pistis

  34. The interaction of general anaesthetics with recombinant GABAA and glycine receptors expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes: a comparative study

    Article • British Journal of Pharmacology, December 1997, Wiley

    Marco Pistis

  35. The Interaction of Intravenous Anesthetic Agents with Native and Recombinant GABAA Receptors

    Article • January 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marco Pistis

  36. Chronic administration of l-sulpiride at low doses reduces A10 but not A9 somatodentritic dopamine autoreceptor sensitivity

    Article • European Journal of Pharmacology, September 1996, Elsevier

    Marco Pistis

  37. Ethanol withdrawal does not induce a reduction in the number of spontaneously active dopaminergic neurons in the mesolimbic system

    Article • Brain Research, June 1995, Elsevier

    Marco Pistis

  38. Biochemical and electrophysiological effects of 7-OH-DPAT on the mesolimbic dopaminergic system

    Article • Synapse, June 1995, Wiley

    Marco Pistis

  39. Heterogeneous responses of substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons to γ-hydroxybutyric acid administration

    Article • European Journal of Pharmacology, January 1993, Elsevier

    Marco Pistis

  40. Marked decrease of A10 dopamine neuronal firing during ethanol withdrawal syndrome in rats

    Article • European Journal of Pharmacology, October 1992, Elsevier

    Marco Pistis

  41. The GABA<sub>A</sub> Receptor: An Important Locus for Intravenous Anaesthetic Action

    Article • Royal Society of Chemistry

    Marco Pistis