List of works - Luca Steardo

14-Methoxymetopon, a highly potent mu opioid agonist, biphasically affects ethanol intake in Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats

scientific article

A modified adjusting delay task to assess impulsive choice between isocaloric reinforcers in non-deprived male rats: effects of 5-HT₂A/C and 5-HT₁A receptor agonists

scientific article published on 12 October 2011

Activation of σ-receptors induces binge-like drinking in Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats

scientific article

Are Anti-Angiogenic Drugs Useful in Neurodegenerative Disorders? ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 2010

Are retinoids a promise for Alzheimer's disease management?

scientific article published in January 2012

Astrogliopathology: a central element of neuropsychiatric diseases?

scientific article published on 3 December 2013

Baclofen-induced growth hormone secretion is blunted in chronic schizophrenics: neuroendocrine evidence for a GABA disturbance in schizophrenia

scientific article published in October 1988

Brain barrier tissues: end organs for atriopeptins

scientific article published on 01 January 1987

CB1 receptor selective activation inhibits beta-amyloid-induced iNOS protein expression in C6 cells and subsequently blunts tau protein hyperphosphorylation in co-cultured neurons.

scientific article published on 11 July 2006

CRF system recruitment mediates dark side of compulsive eating

scientific article

Cannabidiol in inflammatory bowel diseases: a brief overview

scientific article published on 20 July 2012

Cannabidiol promotes amyloid precursor protein ubiquitination and reduction of beta amyloid expression in SHSY5YAPP+ cells through PPARγ involvement

scientific article published on 28 November 2013

Cannabidiol reduces Aβ-induced neuroinflammation and promotes hippocampal neurogenesis through PPARγ involvement

scientific article

Cannabidiol reduces intestinal inflammation through the control of neuroimmune axis

scientific article

Cannabidiol: a promising drug for neurodegenerative disorders?

scientific article published in January 2009

Cannabinoid CB1 receptor stimulation affords neuroprotection in MPTP-induced neurotoxicity by attenuating S100B up-regulation in vitro

scientific journal article

Cholecystokinin octapeptide analogues stable to brain proteolysis.

scientific article published in July 1985

Cholecystokinin-octapeptide fragments: Binding to brain cholecystokinin receptors ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 1984

Chronic antidepressant drug treatment does not affect GH response to baclofen in depressed subjects

scientific article published on 01 January 1990

Chronic low dose ethanol intake: biochemical characterization of liver mitochondria in rats

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Clonidine reverses methylxanthine-induced potentiation of baclofen antinociception

scientific article published on 01 May 1985

Cognitive impairment and increased brain neurosteroids in adult rats perinatally exposed to low millimolar blood alcohol concentrations

scientific article published on 3 August 2007

Consummatory, anxiety-related and metabolic adaptations in female rats with alternating access to preferred food.

scientific article published on 8 October 2008

Diet-induced obesity and diet-resistant rats: differences in the rewarding and anorectic effects of D-amphetamine

scientific article

Differential diurnal variations of anandamide and 2-arachidonoyl-glycerol levels in rat brain.

scientific article published in April 2004

Differential responses in prolactin levels induced by naloxone in humans

Dissociation between opioid and CRF1 antagonist sensitive drinking in Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats.

scientific article published on 18 October 2006

Effect of cannabidiol on sepsis-induced motility disturbances in mice: involvement of CB receptors and fatty acid amide hydrolase

scientific article published on 27 March 2008

Effect of nicotine on drinking and diuresis in septal lesioned rats

scientific article published in February 1985

Effect of substances influencing brain serotonergic transmission on plasma vasopressin levels in the rat.

scientific article published in July 1985

Effects of single and repeated electroconvulsive shock on isoproterenol-stimulated pineal N-acetyltransferase activity and melatonin production in rats

scientific article published in February 1995

Efficacy of baclofen in trigeminal neuralgia and some other painful conditions. A clinical trial

scientific article published on 01 January 1984

Endocannabinoids and beta-amyloid-induced neurotoxicity in vivo: effect of pharmacological elevation of endocannabinoid levels

scientific article

Enteric glia: A new player in inflammatory bowel diseases

scientific article published on 01 December 2015

Ethanol-related behaviors in mice lacking the sigma-1 receptor

scientific article

Evidence for a GABAergic control of the exercise-induced rise in GH in man

scientific article published on 01 January 1985

Evidence that cholinergic receptors of muscarinic type may modulate vasopressin release induced by metoclopramide

scientific article published on 01 January 1990

GABA, depression and the mechanism of action of antidepressant drugs: a neuroendocrine approach

scientific article published in September 1990

Gender differences in drug responses

scientific article

Genetic factors involved in the effects of developmental low-level alcohol induced behavioral alterations in rats.

scientific article published in February 2002

Genomic and functional profiling of human Down syndrome neural progenitors implicates S100B and aquaporin 4 in cell injury.

scientific article

Growth hormone response to sodium valproate in chronic schizophrenia.

scientific article published on June 1986

Heterologous sensitization of adenylate cyclase activity by serotonin in the rat cerebral cortex

scientific article published on 01 December 1993

Impaired growth hormone response to sodium valproate in normal aging

scientific article published in January 1987

Impaired sensitivity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-thyroid axis to the suppressant effect of dexamethasone in elderly subjects

scientific article published in January 1991

Increased mucosal nitric oxide production in ulcerative colitis is mediated in part by the enteroglial-derived S100B protein.

scientific article published on 24 June 2009

Inhibition of septal hyperreactivity by testosterone and its reversion by an estrogen antagonist in weanling female rats

scientific article

Intermittent access to preferred food reduces the reinforcing efficacy of chow in rats.

scientific article

Muscimol inhibits ADH release induced by hypertonic sodium chloride in rats

scientific article published on 01 August 1983

Neuroanatomical and biochemical evidence for the involvement of the area postrema in the regulation of vasopressin release in rats

scientific article published in April 1988

Neuroglial roots of neurodegenerative diseases: therapeutic potential of palmitoylethanolamide in models of Alzheimer's disease.

scientific article

Opioid system in the medial prefrontal cortex mediates binge-like eating

scientific article published on 24 January 2013

Opioid-dependent anticipatory negative contrast and binge-like eating in rats with limited access to highly preferred food

scientific article

Opposing control of cannabinoid receptor stimulation on amyloid-beta-induced reactive gliosis: in vitro and in vivo evidence

scientific article

Palmitoylethanolamide counteracts reactive astrogliosis induced by β-amyloid peptide

scientific article

Palmitoylethanolamide exerts neuroprotective effects in mixed neuroglial cultures and organotypic hippocampal slices via peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α

scientific article

Palmitoylethanolamide improves colon inflammation through an enteric glia/toll like receptor 4-dependent PPAR-α activation

scientific article published on 30 September 2013

Participation of GABA B binding sites on the control of prolactin, but not gonadotropin secretion in humans.

scientific article published in December 1988

Pharmacological activation of the GABAergic system does not affect GH and PRL release in acromegaly

scientific article published on 01 November 1988

Plasma cortisol response to opiate receptor blockade during the menstrual cycle.

scientific article published in January 1988

Prolactin response to sodium valproate in schizophrenics with and without tardive dyskinesia

scientific article published in January 1988

Protein kinase C mediates the stimulation by somatostatin of dopamine synthesis in the rat striatum and nucleus accumbens

scientific article

Psychiatric face of COVID-19

scientific article published on 30 July 2020

Rimonabant precipitates anxiety in rats withdrawn from palatable food: role of the central amygdala

scientific article published on 24 June 2013

Role of astrocytes in major neurological disorders: the evidence and implications

scientific article

S100B Inhibitor Pentamidine Attenuates Reactive Gliosis and Reduces Neuronal Loss in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease.

scientific article published on 29 July 2015

S100B and APP Promote a Gliocentric Shift and Impaired Neurogenesis in Down Syndrome Neural Progenitors ⬇️

scientific article published on July 11, 2011

S100B protein in the gut: The evidence for enteroglial-sustained intestinal inflammation ⬇️

scientific article published on March 14, 2011

S100B-p53 disengagement by pentamidine promotes apoptosis and inhibits cellular migration via aquaporin-4 and metalloproteinase-2 inhibition in C6 glioma cells

scientific article published on April 2015

Sigma-1 receptor knockout mice display a depressive-like phenotype.

scientific article

Sigma-1 receptor mediates acquisition of alcohol drinking and seeking behavior in alcohol-preferring rats.

scientific article published on 4 April 2015

Sirtuin modulators control reactive gliosis in an in vitro model of Alzheimer's disease

scientific article published on 13 May 2014

Synthesis, characterization, and cytotoxic activity of copper(II) and platinum(II) complexes of 2-benzoylpyrrole and X-ray structure of bis[2-benzoylpyrrolato(N,O)]copper(II).

scientific article published in December 2004

The antiprotozoal drug pentamidine ameliorates experimentally induced acute colitis in mice

scientific article published on 23 December 2012

The effect of bromocriptine on plasma catecholamine concentrations in normal volunteers.

scientific article

The sigma-receptor antagonist BD-1063 decreases ethanol intake and reinforcement in animal models of excessive drinking

scientific article

Ultramicronized palmitoylethanolamide rescues learning and memory impairments in a triple transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease by exerting anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effects

scientific article

Vasopressin release after enhanced serotonergic transmission is not due to activation of the peripheral renin-angiotensin system

scientific article published in September 1986

Vasopressin release to central and peripheral angiotensin II in rats with lesions of the subfornical organ

scientific article published in November 1984

mTOR activation is required for the anti-alcohol effect of ketamine, but not memantine, in alcohol-preferring rats ⬇️

scientific article published on 4 March 2013

List of works by Luca Steardo

14-Methoxymetopon, a highly potent mu opioid agonist, biphasically affects ethanol intake in Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats

A modified adjusting delay task to assess impulsive choice between isocaloric reinforcers in non-deprived male rats: effects of 5-HT₂A/C and 5-HT₁A receptor agonists

Activation of σ-receptors induces binge-like drinking in Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats

Are Anti-Angiogenic Drugs Useful in Neurodegenerative Disorders? ⬇️

Are retinoids a promise for Alzheimer's disease management?

Astrogliopathology: a central element of neuropsychiatric diseases?

Baclofen-induced growth hormone secretion is blunted in chronic schizophrenics: neuroendocrine evidence for a GABA disturbance in schizophrenia

Brain barrier tissues: end organs for atriopeptins

CB1 receptor selective activation inhibits beta-amyloid-induced iNOS protein expression in C6 cells and subsequently blunts tau protein hyperphosphorylation in co-cultured neurons.

CRF system recruitment mediates dark side of compulsive eating

Cannabidiol in inflammatory bowel diseases: a brief overview

Cannabidiol promotes amyloid precursor protein ubiquitination and reduction of beta amyloid expression in SHSY5YAPP+ cells through PPARγ involvement

Cannabidiol reduces Aβ-induced neuroinflammation and promotes hippocampal neurogenesis through PPARγ involvement

Cannabidiol reduces intestinal inflammation through the control of neuroimmune axis

Cannabidiol: a promising drug for neurodegenerative disorders?

Cannabinoid CB1 receptor stimulation affords neuroprotection in MPTP-induced neurotoxicity by attenuating S100B up-regulation in vitro

Cholecystokinin octapeptide analogues stable to brain proteolysis.

Cholecystokinin-octapeptide fragments: Binding to brain cholecystokinin receptors ⬇️

Chronic antidepressant drug treatment does not affect GH response to baclofen in depressed subjects

Chronic low dose ethanol intake: biochemical characterization of liver mitochondria in rats

Clonidine reverses methylxanthine-induced potentiation of baclofen antinociception

Cognitive impairment and increased brain neurosteroids in adult rats perinatally exposed to low millimolar blood alcohol concentrations

Consummatory, anxiety-related and metabolic adaptations in female rats with alternating access to preferred food.

Diet-induced obesity and diet-resistant rats: differences in the rewarding and anorectic effects of D-amphetamine

Differential diurnal variations of anandamide and 2-arachidonoyl-glycerol levels in rat brain.

Differential responses in prolactin levels induced by naloxone in humans

Dissociation between opioid and CRF1 antagonist sensitive drinking in Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats.

Effect of cannabidiol on sepsis-induced motility disturbances in mice: involvement of CB receptors and fatty acid amide hydrolase

Effect of nicotine on drinking and diuresis in septal lesioned rats

Effect of substances influencing brain serotonergic transmission on plasma vasopressin levels in the rat.

Effects of single and repeated electroconvulsive shock on isoproterenol-stimulated pineal N-acetyltransferase activity and melatonin production in rats

Efficacy of baclofen in trigeminal neuralgia and some other painful conditions. A clinical trial

Endocannabinoids and beta-amyloid-induced neurotoxicity in vivo: effect of pharmacological elevation of endocannabinoid levels

Enteric glia: A new player in inflammatory bowel diseases

Ethanol-related behaviors in mice lacking the sigma-1 receptor

Evidence for a GABAergic control of the exercise-induced rise in GH in man

Evidence that cholinergic receptors of muscarinic type may modulate vasopressin release induced by metoclopramide

GABA, depression and the mechanism of action of antidepressant drugs: a neuroendocrine approach

Gender differences in drug responses

Genetic factors involved in the effects of developmental low-level alcohol induced behavioral alterations in rats.

Genomic and functional profiling of human Down syndrome neural progenitors implicates S100B and aquaporin 4 in cell injury.

Growth hormone response to sodium valproate in chronic schizophrenia.

Heterologous sensitization of adenylate cyclase activity by serotonin in the rat cerebral cortex

Impaired growth hormone response to sodium valproate in normal aging

Impaired sensitivity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-thyroid axis to the suppressant effect of dexamethasone in elderly subjects

Increased mucosal nitric oxide production in ulcerative colitis is mediated in part by the enteroglial-derived S100B protein.

Inhibition of septal hyperreactivity by testosterone and its reversion by an estrogen antagonist in weanling female rats

Intermittent access to preferred food reduces the reinforcing efficacy of chow in rats.

Muscimol inhibits ADH release induced by hypertonic sodium chloride in rats

Neuroanatomical and biochemical evidence for the involvement of the area postrema in the regulation of vasopressin release in rats

Neuroglial roots of neurodegenerative diseases: therapeutic potential of palmitoylethanolamide in models of Alzheimer's disease.

Opioid system in the medial prefrontal cortex mediates binge-like eating

Opioid-dependent anticipatory negative contrast and binge-like eating in rats with limited access to highly preferred food

Opposing control of cannabinoid receptor stimulation on amyloid-beta-induced reactive gliosis: in vitro and in vivo evidence

Palmitoylethanolamide counteracts reactive astrogliosis induced by β-amyloid peptide

Palmitoylethanolamide exerts neuroprotective effects in mixed neuroglial cultures and organotypic hippocampal slices via peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α

Palmitoylethanolamide improves colon inflammation through an enteric glia/toll like receptor 4-dependent PPAR-α activation

Participation of GABA B binding sites on the control of prolactin, but not gonadotropin secretion in humans.

Pharmacological activation of the GABAergic system does not affect GH and PRL release in acromegaly

Plasma cortisol response to opiate receptor blockade during the menstrual cycle.

Prolactin response to sodium valproate in schizophrenics with and without tardive dyskinesia

Protein kinase C mediates the stimulation by somatostatin of dopamine synthesis in the rat striatum and nucleus accumbens

Psychiatric face of COVID-19

Rimonabant precipitates anxiety in rats withdrawn from palatable food: role of the central amygdala

Role of astrocytes in major neurological disorders: the evidence and implications

S100B Inhibitor Pentamidine Attenuates Reactive Gliosis and Reduces Neuronal Loss in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease.

S100B and APP Promote a Gliocentric Shift and Impaired Neurogenesis in Down Syndrome Neural Progenitors ⬇️

S100B protein in the gut: The evidence for enteroglial-sustained intestinal inflammation ⬇️

S100B-p53 disengagement by pentamidine promotes apoptosis and inhibits cellular migration via aquaporin-4 and metalloproteinase-2 inhibition in C6 glioma cells

Sigma-1 receptor knockout mice display a depressive-like phenotype.

Sigma-1 receptor mediates acquisition of alcohol drinking and seeking behavior in alcohol-preferring rats.

Sirtuin modulators control reactive gliosis in an in vitro model of Alzheimer's disease

Synthesis, characterization, and cytotoxic activity of copper(II) and platinum(II) complexes of 2-benzoylpyrrole and X-ray structure of bis[2-benzoylpyrrolato(N,O)]copper(II).

The antiprotozoal drug pentamidine ameliorates experimentally induced acute colitis in mice

The effect of bromocriptine on plasma catecholamine concentrations in normal volunteers.

The sigma-receptor antagonist BD-1063 decreases ethanol intake and reinforcement in animal models of excessive drinking

Ultramicronized palmitoylethanolamide rescues learning and memory impairments in a triple transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease by exerting anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effects

Vasopressin release after enhanced serotonergic transmission is not due to activation of the peripheral renin-angiotensin system

Vasopressin release to central and peripheral angiotensin II in rats with lesions of the subfornical organ