Gian Luigi Gessa

27.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
484 papers, 22.9k citations indexed

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Gian Luigi Gessa is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gian Luigi Gessa has authored 484 papers receiving a total of 22.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 331 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 136 papers in Molecular Biology and 92 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Gian Luigi Gessa's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (265 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (205 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (88 papers). Gian Luigi Gessa is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (265 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (205 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (88 papers). Gian Luigi Gessa collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Switzerland. Gian Luigi Gessa's co-authors include Giancarlo Colombo, Mauro A.M. Carai, Giampaolo Mereu, Antonio Argiolas, L Vargiu, Maria Rosaria Melis, Alessandro Tagliamonte, Roberta Agabio, Maria Collu and Luca Pani and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gian Luigi Gessa

480 papers receiving 22.0k citations

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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.

Low doses of ethanol activate dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area

1985 621 citations Gian Luigi Gessa, Giampaolo Mereu et al. Brain Research profile →
Effects of Moderate Alcohol Consumption on the Central Nervous System*

1998 540 citations Michael J. Eckardt, Sandra E. File et al. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gian Luigi Gessa Italy	80	14.3k	5.7k	5.2k	3.5k	2.4k	484	22.9k
G. Di Chiara Italy	78	21.6k 1.5×	11.4k 2.0×	3.4k 0.7×	4.9k 1.4×	2.9k 1.2×	248	27.4k
Mark J. Millan France	70	10.4k 0.7×	7.0k 1.2×	2.7k 0.5×	2.7k 0.8×	5.0k 2.0×	284	19.3k
Miles Herkenham United States	77	13.4k 0.9×	5.0k 0.9×	6.9k 1.3×	4.3k 1.2×	2.5k 1.0×	143	22.4k
Assunta Impérato Italy	46	11.8k 0.8×	6.0k 1.1×	2.8k 0.5×	3.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	101	15.2k
Toshitaka Nabeshima Japan	77	11.3k 0.8×	9.3k 1.6×	3.0k 0.6×	2.8k 0.8×	5.2k 2.1×	790	25.0k
John D. Salamone United States	79	12.4k 0.9×	4.2k 0.7×	1.9k 0.4×	5.9k 1.7×	1.5k 0.6×	265	19.3k
Phil Skolnick United States	77	14.4k 1.0×	8.8k 1.5×	2.7k 0.5×	3.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	430	21.9k
Trevor Sharp United Kingdom	68	11.4k 0.8×	5.5k 1.0×	1.9k 0.4×	3.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	264	16.2k
Robert H. Roth United States	71	12.6k 0.9×	6.9k 1.2×	1.4k 0.3×	3.8k 1.1×	2.6k 1.0×	285	19.9k
B. Scatton France	73	10.4k 0.7×	6.0k 1.1×	1.7k 0.3×	2.6k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	290	16.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gian Luigi Gessa

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sardo, Salvatore, et al.. (2024). Sex-Gender Differences Are Completely Neglected in Treatments for Neuropathic Pain. Pharmaceuticals. 17(7). 838–838. 5 indexed citations

Maccioni, Paola, Katarzyna Kaczanowska, Carla Lobina, et al.. (2023). Delving into the reducing effects of the GABAB positive allosteric modulator, KK-92A, on alcohol-related behaviors in rats. Alcohol. 112. 61–70. 3 indexed citations

Maccioni, Paola, et al.. (2021). Reducing Effect of Cannabidiol on Alcohol Self-Administration in Sardinian Alcohol-Preferring Rats. Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. 7(2). 161–169. 14 indexed citations

Kawamura, Tomoya, Paola Maccioni, Claudia Mugnaini, et al.. (2021). Reducing effect of the novel positive allosteric modulator of the GABAB receptor, COR659, on binge-like alcohol drinking in male mice and rats. Psychopharmacology. 239(1). 201–213. 6 indexed citations

Colombo, Giancarlo & Gian Luigi Gessa. (2018). Suppressing Effect of Baclofen on Multiple Alcohol-Related Behaviors in Laboratory Animals. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 9. 475–475. 21 indexed citations

Maccioni, Paola, Giancarlo Colombo, Mauro A.M. Carai, et al.. (2018). Anti-addictive properties of COR659 – Additional pharmacological evidence and comparison with a series of novel analogues. Alcohol. 75. 55–66. 13 indexed citations

Restivo, Angelo, et al.. (2014). Disulfiram for binge eating disorder: An open trail. Eating Behaviors. 16. 84–87. 14 indexed citations

Maccioni, Paola, Mauro A.M. Carai, Klemens Kaupmann, et al.. (2009). Reduction of Alcohol’s Reinforcing and Motivational Properties by the Positive Allosteric Modulator of the GABA_BReceptor, BHF177, in Alcohol‐Preferring Rats. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 33(10). 1749–1756. 60 indexed citations

Pani, P., Icro Maremmani, Emanuela Trogu, et al.. (2009). Delineating the psychic structure of substance abuse and addictions: Should anxiety, mood and impulse-control dysregulation be included?. Journal of Affective Disorders. 122(3). 185–197. 56 indexed citations

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Frau, Roberto, Marco Orrù, Monica Puligheddu, et al.. (2008). Sleep deprivation disrupts prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex: reversal by antipsychotic drugs. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 11(7). 947–55. 39 indexed citations

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Castelli, M. Paola, Antonio Piras, Antonella D’Agostino, et al.. (2007). Dysregulation of the endogenous cannabinoid system in adult rats prenatally treated with the cannabinoid agonist WIN 55,212-2. European Journal of Pharmacology. 573(1-3). 11–19. 32 indexed citations

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Carai, Mauro A.M., Giancarlo Colombo, & Gian Luigi Gessa. (2005). Rimonabant: The first therapeutically relevant cannabinoid antagonist. Life Sciences. 77(19). 2339–2350. 74 indexed citations

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Ferrarini, Pier Luigi, Vincenzo Calderone, Clementina Manera, et al.. (2004). Synthesis and biological evaluation of 1,8-naphthyridin-4(1H)-on-3-carboxamide derivatives as new ligands of cannabinoid receptors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 12(8). 1921–1933. 30 indexed citations

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Castelli, M. Paola, Ignazia Mocci, Xavier Langlois, et al.. (2000). Quantitative autoradiographic distribution of γ-hydroxybutyric acid binding sites in human and monkey brain. Molecular Brain Research. 78(1-2). 91–99. 53 indexed citations

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Carai, Mauro A.M., Roberta Agabio, Ezio Bombardelli, et al.. (2000). Potential use of medicinal plants in the treatment of alcoholism. Fitoterapia. 71. S38–S42. 50 indexed citations

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Addolorato, Giovanni, Mauro Cibin, Fabio Caputo, et al.. (1998). γ-Hydroxybutyric acid in the treatment of alcoholism: dosage fractioning utility in non-responder alcoholic patients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 53(1). 7–10. 42 indexed citations

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Eckardt, Michael J., Sandra E. File, Gian Luigi Gessa, et al.. (1998). Effects of Moderate Alcohol Consumption on the Central Nervous System*. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 22(5). 998–1040. 540 indexed citations breakdown →

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Colombo, Giancarlo, Roberta Agabio, Carla Lobina, et al.. (1995). Cross-tolerance to ethanol and γ-hydroxybutyric acid. European Journal of Pharmacology. 273(3). 235–238. 52 indexed citations

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Diana, Marco, Marco Pistis, Anna Lisa Muntoni, & Gian Luigi Gessa. (1995). Ethanol withdrawal does not induce a reduction in the number of spontaneously active dopaminergic neurons in the mesolimbic system. Brain Research. 682(1-2). 29–34. 23 indexed citations

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Stefanini, E., et al.. (1991). Increase in D2 dopamine receptors in the substantia nigra after chronic (−)-sulpiride treatment. Brain Research. 555(2). 340–342. 11 indexed citations

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