Cristina Cadoni

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Cristina Cadoni is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cristina Cadoni has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Cristina Cadoni's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (30 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (15 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (13 papers). Cristina Cadoni is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (30 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (15 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (13 papers). Cristina Cadoni collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Switzerland and Austria. Cristina Cadoni's co-authors include G. Di Chiara, Elio Acquas, Valentina Valentini, Ezio Carboni, Sandro Fenu, Marcello Solinas, Valentina Bassareo, Liliana Spina, Daniele Lecca and Maria Antonietta De Luca and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain Research, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Cristina Cadoni

37 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Dopamine and drug addiction: the nucleus accumbens shell ... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Dopamine and drug addiction: the nucleus accumbens shell connection
    2004 693 citations G. Di Chiara, Valentina Bassareo et al. Neuropharmacology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cristina Cadoni Italy 21 1.8k 844 498 353 224 37 2.3k
Paola Devoto Italy 33 1.9k 1.1× 863 1.0× 492 1.0× 592 1.7× 266 1.2× 88 3.0k
Beatriz Rocha United States 23 1.9k 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 305 0.6× 501 1.4× 260 1.2× 39 2.5k
Sandro Fenu Italy 26 2.0k 1.1× 933 1.1× 254 0.5× 382 1.1× 233 1.0× 53 2.7k
Charles W. Bradberry United States 29 1.9k 1.1× 817 1.0× 295 0.6× 688 1.9× 177 0.8× 75 2.7k
Daniele Lecca Italy 23 1.5k 0.8× 696 0.8× 237 0.5× 306 0.9× 311 1.4× 39 1.9k
S.R. Goldberg United States 33 2.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.5× 493 1.0× 360 1.0× 181 0.8× 78 2.8k
Erik B. Oleson United States 23 1.5k 0.9× 687 0.8× 429 0.9× 764 2.2× 197 0.9× 43 2.1k
George Panagis Greece 26 1.3k 0.7× 677 0.8× 664 1.3× 323 0.9× 133 0.6× 47 1.8k
Jack Bergman United States 35 2.9k 1.6× 1.7k 2.0× 770 1.5× 578 1.6× 249 1.1× 163 3.7k
Emilio Ambrosio Spain 31 1.8k 1.0× 564 0.7× 932 1.9× 401 1.1× 309 1.4× 102 2.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cristina Cadoni

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cristina Cadoni

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cristina Cadoni. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cristina Cadoni based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Cristina Cadoni. Cristina Cadoni is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cadoni, Cristina, et al.. (2024). Characterization of the Neurochemical and Behavioral Effects of the Phenethylamine 2-Cl-4,5-MDMA in Adolescent and Adult Male Rats. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 27(5). 1 indexed citations
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Cadoni, Cristina & Alessandra T. Peana. (2023). Energy drinks at adolescence: Awareness or unawareness?. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 17. 1080963–1080963. 12 indexed citations
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Pisanu, Augusta, et al.. (2022). Influence of Age and Genetic Background on Ethanol Intake and Behavioral Response Following Ethanol Consumption and During Abstinence in a Model of Alcohol Abuse. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 16. 858940–858940. 2 indexed citations
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Lecca, Daniele, Andrea Scifo, Augusta Pisanu, et al.. (2020). Adolescent cannabis exposure increases heroin reinforcement in rats genetically vulnerable to addiction. Neuropharmacology. 166. 107974–107974. 18 indexed citations
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Orsolini, Laura, Duccio Papanti, John Corkery, et al.. (2017). Is there a Teratogenicity Risk Associated with Cannabis and Synthetic Cannabimimetics’ (‘Spice’) Intake?. CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets. 16(5). 585–591. 12 indexed citations
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Cadoni, Cristina. (2016). Fischer 344 and Lewis Rat Strains as a Model of Genetic Vulnerability to Drug Addiction. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 10. 13–13. 29 indexed citations
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Pisanu, Augusta, Daniele Lecca, Valentina Valentini, et al.. (2014). Impairment of acquisition of intravenous cocaine self-administration by RNA-interference of dopamine D1-receptors in the nucleus accumbens shell. Neuropharmacology. 89. 398–411. 24 indexed citations
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Bassareo, Valentina, et al.. (2012). Differential influence of morphine sensitization on accumbens shell and core dopamine responses to morphine- and food-conditioned stimuli. Psychopharmacology. 225(3). 697–706. 11 indexed citations
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Cadoni, Cristina, et al.. (2009). Nicotine differentially affects dopamine transmission in the nucleus accumbens shell and core of Lewis and Fischer 344 rats. Neuropharmacology. 57(5-6). 496–501. 16 indexed citations
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Carta, Anna R., Carmen Casal, Cristina Cadoni, Elisabetta Tronci, & G. Di Chiara. (2008). Long‐term increase in GAD67 mRNA expression in the central amygdala of rats sensitized by drugs and stress. European Journal of Neuroscience. 27(5). 1220–1230. 13 indexed citations
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Cadoni, Cristina, Marcello Solinas, Augusta Pisanu, et al.. (2005). Effect of 3,4-methylendioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, “ecstasy”) on dopamine transmission in the nucleus accumbens shell and core. Brain Research. 1055(1-2). 143–148. 38 indexed citations
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Cadoni, Cristina, Augusta Pisanu, Marcello Solinas, Elio Acquas, & G. Di Chiara. (2001). Behavioural sensitization after repeated exposure to Δ 9 -tetrahydrocannabinol and cross-sensitization with morphine. Psychopharmacology. 158(3). 259–266. 130 indexed citations
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Cadoni, Cristina, Marcello Solinas, & G. Di Chiara. (2000). Psychostimulant sensitization: differential changes in accumbal shell and core dopamine. European Journal of Pharmacology. 388(1). 69–76. 155 indexed citations
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Cadoni, Cristina & G. Di Chiara. (2000). Differential changes in accumbens shell and core dopamine in behavioral sensitization to nicotine. European Journal of Pharmacology. 387(3). R23–R25. 145 indexed citations
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Chiara, G. Di, Gianluigi Tanda, Valentina Bassareo, et al.. (1999). Drug Addiction as a Disorder of Associative Learning: Role of Nucleus Accumbens Shell/Extended Amygdala Dopamine. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 877(1). 461–485. 184 indexed citations
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Cadoni, Cristina, Annalisa Pinna, Giovanni Russi, S. Consolo, & G. Di Chiara. (1995). Role of vesicular dopamine in the in vivo stimulation of striatal dopamine transmission by amphetamine: Evidence from microdialysis and Fos immunohistochemistry. Neuroscience. 65(4). 1027–1039. 56 indexed citations
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Acquas, Elio, et al.. (1993). Drugs of abuse: biochemical surrogates of specific aspects of natural reward?. PubMed. 59. 65–81. 71 indexed citations
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Cadoni, Cristina & Kelvin W. Gee. (1992). Complex interactions between the steroid derivative RU 5135 and the GABAA-receptor complex. European Journal of Pharmacology Molecular Pharmacology. 227(2). 147–151. 5 indexed citations

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