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List of works by Luca Ferraro

5-Hydroxytryptamine-mediated effects of nicotine on endogenous GABA efflux from guinea-pig cortical slices

scientific article published in November 1995

6-hydroxy-dopamine treatment counteracts the reduction of cortical GABA release produced by the vigilance promoting drug modafinil in the awake freely moving guinea-pig

scientific article

A novel hybrid drug between two potent anti-tubulin agents as a potential prolonged anticancer approach

scientific article published on June 2016

A novel mechanism of cocaine to enhance dopamine d2-like receptor mediated neurochemical and behavioral effects. An in vivo and in vitro study

scientific article

A stereological study on the neuroprotective actions of acute Modafinil treatment on 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-induced nigral lesions of the male black mouse

scientific article published on 01 November 1999

A(2A)/D(2) receptor heteromerization in a model of Parkinson's disease. Focus on striatal aminoacidergic signaling

scientific article published on 24 January 2012

AMPA receptor activation regulates the glutamate metabotropic receptor stimulated phosphatidylinositol turnover in human cerebral cortex slices

scientific article published in January 1995

Accumbal and pallidal dopamine, glutamate and GABA overflow during cocaine self-administration and its extinction in rats

scientific article

Acute exposure to methylmercury at two developmental windows: focus on neurobehavioral and neurochemical effects in rat offspring

scientific article

Adenosine A2A-D2 receptor-receptor interactions in putative heteromers in the regulation of the striato-pallidal gaba pathway: possible relevance for parkinson's disease and its treatment.

scientific article published on January 2014

Alterations of prefrontal cortex GABAergic transmission in the complex psychotic-like phenotype induced by adolescent delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure in rats

scientific article

Altered regulation of glutamate release and decreased functional activity and expression of GLT1 and GLAST glutamate transporters in the hippocampus of adolescent rats perinatally exposed to Delta(9)-THC.

scientific article published on 24 November 2009

Amplification of cortical serotonin release: a further neurochemical action of the vigilance-promoting drug modafinil

scientific article published on 01 August 2000

Antidiuretic effect of desmopressin chimera agglomerates by nasal administration in rats

scientific article published on 6 October 2012

Ascorbic and 6-Br-ascorbic acid conjugates as a tool to increase the therapeutic effects of potentially central active drugs.

scientific article published on 19 December 2004

Behavioral and neurochemical studies on brain aging in galanin overexpressing mice

scientific article published on 21 March 2005

Biological markers in cerebrospinal fluid for axonal impairment in multiple sclerosis: acetylcholinesterase activity cannot be considered a useful biomarker

scientific article published on 18 December 2012

Brain Uptake of a Zidovudine Prodrug after Nasal Administration of Solid Lipid Microparticles

scientific article published on 18 April 2014

Brain uptake of an anti-ischemic agent by nasal administration of microparticles

scientific article

CDKL5 knockout leads to altered inhibitory transmission in the cerebellum of adult mice.

scientific article

CHF5074 and LY450139 sub-acute treatments differently affect cortical extracellular glutamate levels in pre-plaque Tg2576 mice

scientific article

CHF5074 restores visual memory ability and pre-synaptic cortical acetylcholine release in pre-plaque Tg2576 mice.

scientific article published on 28 January 2013

Cannabinoid CB1 and cholecystokinin CCK2 receptors modulate, in an opposing way, electrically evoked [3H]GABA efflux from rat cerebral cortex cell cultures: possible relevance for cortical GABA transmission and anxiety

scientific article published on 5 February 2009

Cannabinoid receptor agonist WIN 55,212-2 inhibits rat cortical dialysate gamma-aminobutyric acid levels.

scientific article

Carnitine conjugate of nipecotic acid: a new example of dual prodrug.

scientific article published on 31 August 2009

Changes in gamma-aminobutyric acid release induced by topical administration of drugs affecting its metabolism and receptors: studies in freely moving guinea pigs with epidural cups

scientific article published in July 1992

Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol decreases extracellular GABA and increases extracellular glutamate and dopamine levels in the rat prefrontal cortex: an in vivo microdialysis study

scientific article published in September 2002

Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol increases endogenous extracellular glutamate levels in primary cultures of rat cerebral cortex neurons: involvement of CB(1) receptors

scientific article

Design, synthesis and activity of ascorbic acid prodrugs of nipecotic, kynurenic and diclophenamic acids, liable to increase neurotropic activity.

scientific article published on January 2002

Developmental exposure to methylmercury elicits early cell death in the cerebral cortex and long-term memory deficits in the rat.

scientific article

Differential Effects of Palmitoylethanolamide against Amyloid-β Induced Toxicity in Cortical Neuronal and Astrocytic Primary Cultures from Wild-Type and 3xTg-AD Mice

scientific article published on 12 March 2015

Differential Effects of lntrastriatal Neurotensin(1–13) and Neurotensin(8–13) on Striatal Dopamine and Pallidal GABA Release. A Dual‐probe Microdialysis Study in the Awake Rat ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 1997

Differential effects of acute and short-term lithium administration on dialysate glutamate and GABA levels in the frontal cortex of the conscious rat.

scientific article published in December 2000

Differential enhancement of dialysate serotonin levels in distinct brain regions of the awake rat by modafinil: possible relevance for wakefulness and depression.

scientific article

Diversity and Bias through Receptor-Receptor Interactions in GPCR Heteroreceptor Complexes. Focus on Examples from Dopamine D2 Receptor Heteromerization.

scientific article published on 13 May 2014

Dopamine D2 heteroreceptor complexes and their receptor-receptor interactions in ventral striatum: novel targets for antipsychotic drugs

scientific article published on January 2014

Dopamine D2 receptor signaling dynamics of dopamine D2-neurotensin 1 receptor heteromers.

scientific article

Effects of cholecystokinin tetrapeptide (CCK(4)) and of anxiolytic drugs on GABA outflow from the cerebral cortex of freely moving rats

scientific article published in January 2003

Effects of sarizotan on the corticostriatal glutamate pathways.

scientific article published in December 2005

Efficient synthesis and biological evaluation of two modafinil analogues.

scientific article

Endogenous kynurenic acid regulates extracellular GABA levels in the rat prefrontal cortex

scientific article published on 07 March 2014

Enhanced striatal glutamate release after the administration of rimonabant to 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats

scientific article published on 3 May 2008

Evidence for a differential cholecystokinin-B and -A receptor regulation of GABA release in the rat nucleus accumbens mediated via dopaminergic and cholinergic mechanisms

scientific article

Evidence for a nucleus accumbens CCK2 receptor regulation of rat ventral pallidal GABA levels: a dual probe microdialysis study.

scientific article published in December 2000

Evidence for an in vivo and in vitro modulation of endogenous cortical GABA release by alpha-glycerylphosphorylcholine

scientific article published on May 1996

Excitatory amino acids (EAAs) stimulate phosphatidylinositol turnover in adult rat striatal slices: interaction between NMDA and EAA metabotropic receptors.

scientific article

Experimental studies and theoretical aspects on A2A/D2 receptor interactions in a model of Parkinson's disease. Relevance for L-dopa induced dyskinesias

scientific article published on 9 June 2006

Expression, pharmacology and functional activity of adenosine A1 receptors in genetic models of Huntington's disease

scientific article published on 15 August 2014

Extrasynaptic neurotransmission in the modulation of brain function. Focus on the striatal neuronal-glial networks.

scientific article published on 4 June 2012

Facilitation of GABA release by neurotensin is associated with a reduction of dopamine release in rat nucleus accumbens

scientific article

Functional role of striatal A2A, D2, and mGlu5 receptor interactions in regulating striatopallidal GABA neuronal transmission.

scientific article published on 29 April 2016

GET73 Prevents Ethanol-Induced Neurotoxicity in Primary Cultures of Rat Hippocampal Neurons

scientific article

GET73 increases rat extracellular hippocampal CA1 GABA levels through a possible involvement of local mGlu5 receptor.

scientific article published on 21 May 2013

Gabapentin treatment improves motor coordination in a mice model of progressive ataxia.

scientific article published on 9 September 2009

Indomethacin co-crystals and their parent mixtures: does the intestinal barrier recognize them differently?

scientific article

Influence of Chitosan Glutamate on the in vivo Intranasal Absorption of Rokitamycin from Microspheres

scientific article published on 29 October 2010

Influence of polymeric microcarriers on the in vivo intranasal uptake of an anti-migraine drug for brain targeting

scientific article

Inhibitory cholinergic control of endogenous GABA release from electrically stimulated cortical slices and K(+)-depolarized synaptosomes

scientific article published in December 1997

Inhibitory effects of the psychoactive drug modafinil on gamma-aminobutyric acid outflow from the cerebral cortex of the awake freely moving guinea-pig. Possible involvement of 5-hydroxytryptamine mechanisms.

scientific article published in April 1992

Integrated signaling in heterodimers and receptor mosaics of different types of GPCRs of the forebrain: relevance for schizophrenia

scientific article

Kynurenic acid, by targeting α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, modulates extracellular GABA levels in the rat striatum in vivo

scientific article published on 26 February 2013

Long-term effects on cortical glutamate release induced by prenatal exposure to the cannabinoid receptor agonist (R)-(+)-[2,3-dihydro-5-methyl-3-(4-morpholinyl-methyl)pyrrolo[1,2,3-de]-1,4-benzoxazin-6-yl]-1-naphthalenylmethanone: an in vivo microdi

scientific article published on January 2004

Mesolimbic dopamine and cortico-accumbens glutamate afferents as major targets for the regulation of the ventral striato-pallidal GABA pathways by neurotensin peptides

scientific article published on 24 March 2007

Modafinil and cortical gamma-aminobutyric acid outflow. Modulation by 5-hydroxytryptamine neurotoxins

scientific article published on 01 January 1995

Modafinil does not affect serotonin efflux from rat frontal cortex synaptosomes: comparison with known serotonergic drugs.

scientific article published in March 2001

Modafinil enhances the increase of extracellular serotonin levels induced by the antidepressant drugs fluoxetine and imipramine: a dual probe microdialysis study in awake rat.

scientific article published in March 2005

Modafinil prevents glutamate cytotoxicity in cultured cortical neurons

scientific article

Modafinil: an antinarcoleptic drug with a different neurochemical profile to d-amphetamine and dopamine uptake blockers

scientific article published in December 1997

Multi-target action of the novel anti-Alzheimer compound CHF5074: in vivo study of long term treatment in Tg2576 mice.

scientific article

Multiple Adenosine-Dopamine (A2A-D2 Like) Heteroreceptor Complexes in the Brain and Their Role in Schizophrenia

scientific article published on 27 April 2020

Nanomolar concentrations of cocaine enhance D2-like agonist-induced inhibition of the K+-evoked [3H]-dopamine efflux from rat striatal synaptosomes: a novel action of cocaine

scientific article published on 31 March 2010

Nasal chitosan microparticles target a zidovudine prodrug to brain HIV sanctuaries

scientific article published on 28 September 2015

Neurotensin NTS1-dopamine D2 receptor-receptor interactions in putative receptor heteromers: relevance for Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia.

scientific article published on January 2014

Neurotensin and cholecystokinin octapeptide control synergistically dopamine release and dopamine D2 receptor affinity in rat neostriatum

scientific article published in January 1993

Neurotensin enhances endogenous extracellular glutamate levels in primary cultures of rat cortical neurons: involvement of neurotensin receptor in NMDA induced excitotoxicity

scientific article published in April 2004

Neurotensin enhances glutamate excitotoxicity in mesencephalic neurons in primary culture.

scientific article

Neurotensin increases endogenous glutamate release in rat cortical slices

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Neurotensin increases endogenous glutamate release in the neostriatum of the awake rat

scientific article published on 01 August 1995

Neurotensin peptides antagonistically regulate postsynaptic dopamine D2 receptors in rat nucleus accumbens: a receptor binding and microdialysis study

scientific article published on 01 January 1995

Neurotensin receptor involvement in the rise of extracellular glutamate levels and apoptotic nerve cell death in primary cortical cultures after oxygen and glucose deprivation

scientific journal article

Neurotensin receptor mechanisms and its modulation of glutamate transmission in the brain: relevance for neurodegenerative diseases and their treatment.

scientific article published on 28 June 2007

Neurotensin receptors as modulators of glutamatergic transmission

scientific article

Neurotensin regulates cortical glutamate transmission by modulating N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor functional activity: an in vivo microdialysis study

scientific article published on 8 June 2011

Neurotensin: A role in substance use disorder?

scientific article

Nigral neurotensin receptor regulation of nigral glutamate and nigroventral thalamic GABA transmission: a dual-probe microdialysis study in intact conscious rat brain.

scientific article

Noradrenergic modulation of gamma-aminobutyric acid outflow from the human cerebral cortex.

scientific article

On the role of the extracellular space on the holistic behavior of the brain

scientific article published on 23 June 2015

Particulate adducts based on sodium risedronate and titanium dioxide for the bioavailability enhancement of oral administered bisphosphonates.

scientific article published on 7 July 2010

Perinatal exposure to delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol causes enduring cognitive deficits associated with alteration of cortical gene expression and neurotransmission in rats.

scientific article published on 18 June 2007

Pharmacokinetics and efficacy of ropivacaine continuous wound instillation after joint replacement surgery

scientific article published in December 2003

Prenatal exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin produces alterations in cortical neuron development and a long-term dysfunction of glutamate transmission in rat cerebral cortex.

scientific article

Prenatal exposure to the CB1 receptor agonist WIN 55,212-2 causes learning disruption associated with impaired cortical NMDA receptor function and emotional reactivity changes in rat offspring

scientific article published on 23 March 2005

Prenatal exposure to the cannabinoid receptor agonist WIN 55,212-2 and carbon monoxide reduces extracellular glutamate levels in primary rat cerebral cortex cell cultures.

scientific article

Prenatal exposure to the cannabinoid receptor agonist WIN 55,212-2 increases glutamate uptake through overexpression of GLT1 and EAAC1 glutamate transporter subtypes in rat frontal cerebral cortex.

scientific article

Quantitative determination of zolmitriptan in rat blood and cerebrospinal fluid by reversed phase HPLC-ESI-MS/MS analysis: application to in vivo preclinical pharmacokinetic study

scientific article published on 12 June 2012

Receptor-receptor interactions and their relevance for receptor diversity. Focus on neuropeptide/dopamine interactions.

scientific article

Receptor-receptor interactions as studied with microdialysis. Focus on NTR/D2 interactions in the basal ganglia

scientific article published on 19 September 2006

Receptor-receptor interactions within receptor mosaics. Impact on neuropsychopharmacology

scientific article

Role of c-Fos protein on glutamate toxicity in primary neural hippocampal cells

scientific article published in October 2005

Selective gamma-hydroxybutyric acid receptor ligands increase extracellular glutamate in the hippocampus, but fail to activate G protein and to produce the sedative/hypnotic effect of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

scientific article

Short- and long-term consequences of prenatal exposure to the cannabinoid agonist WIN55,212-2 on rat glutamate transmission and cognitive functions.

scientific article published on 12 May 2009

Solid Lipid Nanoparticles as Formulative Strategy to Increase Oral Permeation of a Molecule Active in Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Management

scientific article published on 24 November 2020

Solid microparticles based on chitosan or methyl-β-cyclodextrin: a first formulative approach to increase the nose-to-brain transport of deferoxamine mesylate

scientific article

Striatal NTS1 , dopamine D2 and NMDA receptor regulation of pallidal GABA and glutamate release--a dual-probe microdialysis study in the intranigral 6-hydroxydopamine unilaterally lesioned rat

scientific journal article

Striatal adenosine-cannabinoid receptor interactions in rats over-expressing adenosine A2A receptors.

scientific article published on 3 November 2015

Striatal plasticity at the network level. Focus on adenosine A2A and D2 interactions in models of Parkinson's Disease

scientific article

Synthesis and in vitro stability of nucleoside 5'-phosphonate derivatives

scientific article published on 15 May 2012

Synthetic cannabinoid JWH-018 and its halogenated derivatives JWH-018-Cl and JWH-018-Br impair Novel Object Recognition in mice: Behavioral, electrophysiological and neurochemical evidence.

scientific article published on 23 June 2016

The Nigro-Striatal DA Neurons and Mechanisms of Their Degeneration in Parkinson’s Disease

scholarly article published 18 December 2008

The antinarcoleptic drug modafinil increases glutamate release in thalamic areas and hippocampus

scientific article published in September 1997

The cannabinoid receptor agonist WIN 55,212-2 regulates glutamate transmission in rat cerebral cortex: an in vivo and in vitro study

scientific article (publication date: August 2001)

The changing world of G protein-coupled receptors: from monomers to dimers and receptor mosaics with allosteric receptor-receptor interactions

scientific article published on October 2010

The effects of modafinil on striatal, pallidal and nigral GABA and glutamate release in the conscious rat: evidence for a preferential inhibition of striato-pallidal GABA transmission

scientific article published in September 1998

The new compound GET73, N-[(4-trifluoromethyl)benzyl]4-methoxybutyramide, Regulates hippocampal Aminoacidergic transmission possibly via an allosteric modulation of mGlu5 receptor. Behavioural evidence of its "anti-alcohol" and anxiolytic properties

scientific article published on January 2013

The pharmacokinetics and efficacy of ropivacaine continuous wound instillation after spine fusion surgery

scientific article published in January 2004

The vigilance promoting drug modafinil decreases GABA release in the medial preoptic area and in the posterior hypothalamus of the awake rat: possible involvement of the serotonergic 5-HT3 receptor

scientific article published in December 1996

The vigilance promoting drug modafinil increases dopamine release in the rat nucleus accumbens via the involvement of a local GABAergic mechanism.

scientific article published in June 1996

The vigilance promoting drug modafinil increases extracellular glutamate levels in the medial preoptic area and the posterior hypothalamus of the conscious rat: prevention by local GABAA receptor blockade

scientific article

Transporter-mediated effects of diclofenamic acid and its ascorbyl pro-drug in the in vivo neurotropic activity of ascorbyl nipecotic acid conjugate

scientific article published on January 2004

Unbalance of CB1 receptors expressed in GABAergic and glutamatergic neurons in a transgenic mouse model of Huntington's disease.

scientific article

Understanding the Functional Plasticity in Neural Networks of the Basal Ganglia in Cocaine Use Disorder: A Role for Allosteric Receptor-Receptor Interactions in A2A-D2 Heteroreceptor Complexes

scientific article

Understanding the balance and integration of volume and synaptic transmission. Relevance for psychiatry

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gamma-Hydroxybutyrate modulation of glutamate levels in the hippocampus: an in vivo and in vitro study

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