Giovanna Improta

1.8k total citations
75 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Giovanna Improta is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Giovanna Improta has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 37 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Giovanna Improta's work include Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (52 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (28 papers) and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (16 papers). Giovanna Improta is often cited by papers focused on Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (52 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (28 papers) and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (16 papers). Giovanna Improta collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Morocco and France. Giovanna Improta's co-authors include Maria Broccardo, Pietro Melchiorri, V. Erspamer, Lucia Negri, G Linari, Carla Petrella, G. Falconieri Erspamer, N. Sopranzi, Remo Guerrini and Cinzia Severini and has published in prestigious journals such as Gastroenterology, PLoS ONE and Gut.

In The Last Decade

Giovanna Improta

75 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers

Giovanna Improta
Maria Broccardo Italy
J.L. Junien France
Gordon S. Baxter United States
András Z. Rónai Hungary
Linda R. Hegstrand United States
Shinobu Mochizuki Japan
S.J. Ireland United Kingdom
Kyoko Miyasaka Japan
A.T. McKnight United Kingdom
A Barnett United States
Maria Broccardo Italy
Giovanna Improta
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Fields of papers citing papers by Giovanna Improta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giovanna Improta

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All Works

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Petrella, Carla, Valérie Bacquie, Vassilia Théodorou, et al.. (2014). Maternal Exposure to Low Levels of Corticosterone during Lactation Protects against Experimental Inflammatory Colitis-Induced Damage in Adult Rat Offspring. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e113389–e113389. 9 indexed citations
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Crispino, Marianna, et al.. (2013). The condroprotector role in the osteoarthritis of the knee. 39. 44–47. 2 indexed citations
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Terranova, Corrado, Carla Petrella, Giovanna Improta, et al.. (2013). Relaxant effect of proton pump inhibitors on in vitro myometrium from pregnant women. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 52. 125–131. 4 indexed citations
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Sibilia, V., Francesca Pagani, Ilaria Bulgarelli, et al.. (2010). TLQP-21, a VGF-Derived Peptide, Prevents Ethanol-Induced Gastric Lesions: Insights into Its Mode of Action. Neuroendocrinology. 92(3). 189–197. 17 indexed citations
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Eutamène, Hélène, Maria Broccardo, Giovanna Improta, et al.. (2009). Peripheral anti-nociceptive effect of nociceptin/orphanin FQ in inflammation and stress-induced colonic hyperalgesia in rats. Pain. 141(3). 292–299. 37 indexed citations
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Grandi, Daniela, Remo Guerrini, Maria Broccardo, et al.. (2008). The hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal axis does not influence the protective effects of nociceptin/orphanin FQ on the rat gastric mucosa. Regulatory Peptides. 154(1-3). 32–38. 3 indexed citations
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Linari, G, Giuseppina Amadoro, Maria Teresa Ciotti, et al.. (2008). Involvement of cannabinoid CB1- and CB2-receptors in the modulation of exocrine pancreatic secretion. Pharmacological Research. 59(3). 207–214. 18 indexed citations
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Linari, G, et al.. (2006). Regulation of pancreatic secretion in vitro by nociceptin/orphanin FQ and opioid receptors: A comparative study. Pharmacological Research. 54(5). 356–360. 10 indexed citations
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Broccardo, Maria, et al.. (2005). Nociceptin/orphanin FQ‐induced delay in gastric emptying: role of central corticotropin‐releasing factor and glucocorticoid receptors. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 17(6). 871–877. 14 indexed citations
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Broccardo, Maria, Remo Guerrini, Carla Petrella, & Giovanna Improta. (2004). Gastrointestinal effects of intracerebroventricularly injected nociceptin/orphaninFQ in rats. Peptides. 25(6). 1013–1020. 26 indexed citations
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Improta, Giovanna & Maria Broccardo. (2000). Effects of supraspinal administration of PG-SPI and PG-KII, two amphibian tachykinin peptides, on nociception in the rat☆,1. Peptides. 21(11). 1611–1616. 14 indexed citations
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Broccardo, Maria, et al.. (1998). Central effect of SNC 80, a selective and systemically active δ-opioid receptor agonist, on gastrointestinal propulsion in the mouse. European Journal of Pharmacology. 342(2-3). 247–251. 44 indexed citations
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Broccardo, Maria & Giovanna Improta. (1994). Sauvagine-induced hypothermia: evidence for an interaction with the dopamminergic system. European Journal of Pharmacology. 258(3). 179–184. 3 indexed citations
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Improta, Giovanna & Maria Broccardo. (1991). Sauvagine: Inhibition of gastric acid secretion in rats. Peptides. 12(3). 555–557. 1 indexed citations
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Improta, Giovanna & Maria Broccardo. (1991). Inhibitory role on gastric secretion of a central NK-3 tachykinin receptor agonist, senktide. Peptides. 12(6). 1433–1434. 10 indexed citations
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Negri, Lucia, et al.. (1988). Phyllolitorins: A New Family of Bombesin‐like Peptides. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 547(1). 415–428. 10 indexed citations
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Improta, Giovanna & Maria Broccardo. (1988). Sauvagine: Effects on gastric acid secretion in rats. Peptides. 9(4). 843–846. 9 indexed citations
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Basso, Nicola, et al.. (1975). External pancreatic secretion after bombesin infusion in man.. Gut. 16(12). 994–998. 52 indexed citations

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