Barbara Costa

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

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Barbara Costa is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Costa has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Pharmacology, 32 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 16 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Barbara Costa's work include Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (37 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (24 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (11 papers). Barbara Costa is often cited by papers focused on Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (37 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (24 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (11 papers). Barbara Costa collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Barbara Costa's co-authors include Mariapia Colleoni, Gabriella Giagnoni, M R Johnson, Kenner C. Rice, L S Melvin, Miles Herkenham, A B Lynn, Francesca Comelli, Anna Elisa Trovato and Isabella Bettoni and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Costa

68 papers receiving 6.2k citations

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Cannabinoid receptor localization in brain.

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#	Title	Journal	Authors	Indexed citations
1	A new advanced cellular model of functional cholinergic-like neurons developed by reprogramming the human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cell line	Cell Death Discovery	Valentina Pastori, Francesco Peri et al.	15
2	Squarate Cross-Linked Gelatin Hydrogels as Three-Dimensional Scaffolds for Biomedical Applications	Langmuir	Danilo Colombo, Maddalena Collini et al.	6
3	Palmitoylethanolamide Modulation of Microglia Activation: Characterization of Mechanisms of Action and Implication for Its Neuroprotective Effects	International Journal of Molecular Sciences	Laura Molteni, Francesca Gullo et al.	34
4	Synthetic sulfoglycolipids targeting the serine–threonine protein kinase Akt	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry	Barbara Costa, Giulia Donvito et al.	8
5	Palmitoylethanolamide Relieves Pain and Preserves Pancreatic Islet Cells in a Murine Model of Diabetes	CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets	Giulia Donvito, Isabella Bettoni et al.	18
6	Endocannabinoids: A unique opportunity to develop multitarget analgesics	Pain	Sabatino Maione, Barbara Costa et al.	83
7	Non-Neuronal Cell Modulation Relieves Neuropathic Pain: Efficacy of the Endogenous Lipid Palmitoylethanolamide	CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets	Isabella Bettoni, Francesca Comelli et al.	60
8	Piperazinyl carbamate fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibitors and transient receptor potential channel modulators as “dual-target” analgesics	Pharmacological Research	Sabatino Maione, Barbara Costa et al.	26
9	The effects of accumulation of an environmentally relevant polychlorinated biphenyl mixture on cytochrome P450 and P-glycoprotein expressions in fetuses and pregnant rats	Chemosphere	P Bonfanti, A Colombo et al.	15
10	Glial TLR4 receptor as new target to treat neuropathic pain: Efficacy of a new receptor antagonist in a model of peripheral nerve injury in mice	Glia	Isabella Bettoni, Francesca Comelli et al.	176
11	The endogenous fatty acid amide, palmitoylethanolamide, has anti-allodynic and anti-hyperalgesic effects in a murine model of neuropathic pain: involvement of CB1, TRPV1 and PPARγ receptors and neurotrophic factors	Pain	Barbara Costa, Francesca Comelli et al.	244
12	The purinergic antagonist PPADS reduces pain related behaviours and interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, iNOS and nNOS overproduction in central and peripheral nervous system after peripheral neuropathy in mice	Pain	Cataldo Martucci, Anna Elisa Trovato et al.	135
13	The non-psychoactive cannabis constituent cannabidiol is an orally effective therapeutic agent in rat chronic inflammatory and neuropathic pain	European Journal of Pharmacology	Barbara Costa, Anna Elisa Trovato et al.	298
14	Oral anti-inflammatory activity of cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive constituent of cannabis, in acute carrageenan-induced inflammation in the rat paw	Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology	Barbara Costa, Mariapia Colleoni et al.	199
15	Therapeutic effect of the endogenous fatty acid amide, palmitoylethanolamide, in rat acute inflammation: inhibition of nitric oxide and cyclo‐oxygenase systems	British Journal of Pharmacology	Barbara Costa, Silvia Conti et al.	120
16	Chronic treatment with the endocannabinoid anandamide increases cytochrome P450 metabolizing system in the rat	European Journal of Pharmacology	Barbara Costa, Daniela Parolaro et al.	8
17	Changes in rat brain energetic metabolism after exposure to anandamide or Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol	European Journal of Pharmacology	Barbara Costa, Mariapia Colleoni	35
18	Precipitated and spontaneous withdrawal in rats tolerant to anandamide	Psychopharmacology	Barbara Costa, Gabriella Giagnoni et al.	38
19	Cross-tolerance and convergent dependence between morphine and cannabimimetic agent WIN 55,212-2 in the guinea-pig ileum myenteric plexus	European Journal of Pharmacology	Daniela Parolaro, Mariapia Colleoni et al.	21
20	Chronic cannabinoid, CP-55,940, administration alters biotransformation in the rat	European Journal of Pharmacology	Barbara Costa, Mariapia Colleoni et al.	27

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