Gianluigi Tanda

11.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
128 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

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Gianluigi Tanda is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gianluigi Tanda has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 54 papers in Molecular Biology and 43 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Gianluigi Tanda's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (90 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (55 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (41 papers). Gianluigi Tanda is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (90 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (55 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (41 papers). Gianluigi Tanda collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and France. Gianluigi Tanda's co-authors include G. Di Chiara, Francesco E. Pontieri, Steven R. Goldberg, Roberto Frau, Ezio Carboni, Francesco Orzi, Zuzana Justinová, Jonathan L. Katz, Patrik Munzar and Amy Hauck Newman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gianluigi Tanda

126 papers receiving 8.8k 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.

Effects of nicotine on the nucleus accumbens and similarity to those of addictive drugs

1996 889 citations Gianluigi Tanda, G. Di Chiara et al. profile →
Cannabinoid and Heroin Activation of Mesolimbic Dopamine Transmission by a Common µ ₁ Opioid Receptor Mechanism

1997 845 citations Gianluigi Tanda, G. Di Chiara et al. profile →
Intravenous cocaine, morphine, and amphetamine preferentially increase extracellular dopamine in the "shell" as compared with the "core" of the rat nucleus accumbens.

1995 727 citations Gianluigi Tanda, G. Di Chiara et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gianluigi Tanda United States	50	6.7k	3.2k	3.2k	1.3k	753	128	9.0k
Eliot L. Gardner United States	59	8.1k 1.2×	3.6k 1.1×	3.7k 1.2×	1.7k 1.3×	991 1.3×	186	10.2k
Ángel Pazos Spain	48	7.3k 1.1×	2.1k 0.6×	4.2k 1.3×	1.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.5×	168	10.7k
Walter Fratta Italy	56	7.6k 1.1×	4.5k 1.4×	3.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.7×	170	11.2k
Loren H. Parsons United States	60	8.7k 1.3×	4.2k 1.3×	4.0k 1.2×	2.3k 1.7×	1.1k 1.5×	119	12.3k
Jeffrey M. Witkin United States	49	5.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	3.1k 1.0×	882 0.7×	622 0.8×	231	7.4k
Stephan Hjorth Sweden	47	5.3k 0.8×	2.1k 0.6×	3.1k 1.0×	877 0.7×	734 1.0×	143	8.1k
Zheng‐Xiong Xi United States	50	6.1k 0.9×	2.8k 0.9×	3.0k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	695 0.9×	154	8.0k
Adrian Newman‐Tancredi France	56	6.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.4×	4.6k 1.4×	1.0k 0.8×	738 1.0×	241	9.8k
Olga Valverde Spain	47	8.1k 1.2×	4.6k 1.4×	3.8k 1.2×	1.7k 1.3×	1.9k 2.6×	156	11.8k
Anton N. M. Schoffelmeer Netherlands	58	7.6k 1.1×	1.5k 0.5×	4.0k 1.2×	2.0k 1.5×	1.1k 1.4×	172	9.8k

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Tanda, Gianluigi, et al.. (2025). In Vivo Optical Coherence Tomography Outcomes of Hypotony After Trabeculectomy Management with Autologous Blood Injection: A Single-Center Retrospective Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(9). 3030–3030. 1 indexed citations

Hiranita, Takato, Weimin Hong, Abhisheak Sharma, et al.. (2025). Preclinical Profile of CM699 as a Medication Candidate for Stimulant Use Disorder. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 16(8). 1454–1468.

Hersey, Melinda, Maddalena Mereu, Jianjing Cao, et al.. (2024). Dual DAT and sigma receptor inhibitors attenuate cocaine effects on nucleus accumbens dopamine dynamics in rats. European Journal of Neuroscience. 59(10). 2436–2449. 2 indexed citations

Keighron, Jacqueline D., Jordi Bonaventura, Li Yang, et al.. (2023). Interactions of calmodulin kinase II with the dopamine transporter facilitate cocaine-induced enhancement of evoked dopamine release. Translational Psychiatry. 13(1). 202–202. 8 indexed citations

Gomez, Juan L., Jordi Bonaventura, Jacqueline D. Keighron, et al.. (2021). Synaptic Zn2+ potentiates the effects of cocaine on striatal dopamine neurotransmission and behavior. Translational Psychiatry. 11(1). 570–570. 6 indexed citations

Mereu, Maddalena, Takato Hiranita, Chloe J. Jordan, et al.. (2020). Modafinil potentiates cocaine self-administration by a dopamine-independent mechanism: possible involvement of gap junctions. Neuropsychopharmacology. 45(9). 1518–1526. 15 indexed citations

Newman, Amy Hauck, Jianjing Cao, Jacqueline D. Keighron, et al.. (2019). Translating the atypical dopamine uptake inhibitor hypothesis toward therapeutics for treatment of psychostimulant use disorders. Neuropsychopharmacology. 44(8). 1435–1444. 35 indexed citations

Scherma, María, et al.. (2018). Brain activity of anandamide: a rewarding bliss?. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 40(3). 309–323. 64 indexed citations

Zhang, Hai‐Ying, Guo-Hua Bi, Yi He, et al.. (2017). The Novel Modafinil Analog, JJC8-016, as a Potential Cocaine Abuse Pharmacotherapeutic. Neuropsychopharmacology. 42(9). 1871–1883. 28 indexed citations

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Mereu, Maddalena, Lauren E. Chun, Thomas E. Prisinzano, et al.. (2016). The unique psychostimulant profile of (±)‐modafinil: investigation of behavioral and neurochemical effects in mice. European Journal of Neuroscience. 45(1). 167–174. 32 indexed citations

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Tanda, Gianluigi, Maddalena Mereu, Takato Hiranita, et al.. (2016). Lack of Specific Involvement of (+)-Naloxone and (+)-Naltrexone on the Reinforcing and Neurochemical Effects of Cocaine and Opioids. Neuropsychopharmacology. 41(11). 2772–2781. 47 indexed citations

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Lee, Mary R., et al.. (2016). Targeting the Oxytocin System to Treat Addictive Disorders: Rationale and Progress to Date. CNS Drugs. 30(2). 109–123. 80 indexed citations

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Tanda, Gianluigi, et al.. (2014). A systematic microdialysis study of dopamine transmission in the accumbens shell/core and prefrontal cortex after acute antipsychotics. Psychopharmacology. 232(8). 1427–1440. 29 indexed citations

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Hiranita, Takato, Paul L. Soto, Gianluigi Tanda, & Jonathan L. Katz. (2009). Reinforcing Effects of σ-Receptor Agonists in Rats Trained to Self-Administer Cocaine. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 332(2). 515–524. 64 indexed citations

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Solinas, Marcello, Gianluigi Tanda, Zuzana Justinová, et al.. (2007). The Endogenous Cannabinoid Anandamide Produces δ-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol-Like Discriminative and Neurochemical Effects That Are Enhanced by Inhibition of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase but Not by Inhibition of Anandamide Transport. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 321(1). 370–380. 84 indexed citations

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Tanda, Gianluigi. (1999). Dependence of mesolimbic dopamine transmission on Δ^9-tetrahydrocannabinol. British Journal of Pharmacology. 376. 23–26. 1 indexed citations

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Tanda, Gianluigi, et al.. (1997). Homologies and Differences in the Action of Drugs of Abuse and a Conventional Reinforcer (Food) on Dopamine Transmission: An Interpretative Framework of the Mechanism of Drug Dependence. Advances in pharmacology. 42. 983–987. 42 indexed citations

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Tanda, Gianluigi. (1985). L'Arte delle domus de janas nelle immagini di Jngeborg Mangold: Palazzo della provincia, 26 aprile-25 maggio 1985. UnissResearch (Università degli Studi di Sassari). 1 indexed citations

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Carboni, Ezio, Maurizio Memo, Gianluigi Tanda, Michele O. Carruba, & PierFranco Spano. (1985). Effect of temperature and ionic environment on the specific binding of 3H(—)sulpiride to membranes from different rat brain regions. Neurochemistry International. 7(2). 279–284. 12 indexed citations

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Tanda, Gianluigi. (1984). Arte e religione della Sardegna preistorica nella necropoli di Sos Furrighesos, Anela (SS). UnissResearch (Università degli Studi di Sassari). 3 indexed citations

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