Marcello Solinas

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Marcello Solinas is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcello Solinas has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 31 papers in Pharmacology and 21 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Marcello Solinas's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (60 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (33 papers) and Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (30 papers). Marcello Solinas is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (60 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (33 papers) and Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (30 papers). Marcello Solinas collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Italy. Marcello Solinas's co-authors include Steven R. Goldberg, Mohamed Jaber, Nathalie Thiriet, Claudia Chauvet, G. Di Chiara, Virginie Lardeux, Daniele Piomelli, Cristina Cadoni, Zuzana Justinová and Sergi Ferré and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Marcello Solinas

81 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Antidepressant-like activity and modulation of brain monoaminergic transmission by blockade of anandamide hydrolysis

2005 555 citations Gabriella Gobbi, Francis Rodriguez Bambico et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marcello Solinas France	41	3.6k	2.6k	1.1k	930	592	85	5.7k
Marco Bortolato United States	40	2.4k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	958 0.9×	858 0.9×	579 1.0×	148	5.3k
Reinaldo Ν. Takahashi Brazil	46	3.3k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	833 0.8×	1.5k 1.7×	417 0.7×	126	5.9k
Sâmia Joca Brazil	36	1.6k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	694 0.7×	616 0.7×	508 0.9×	128	4.2k
Piotr Popik Poland	49	3.8k 1.1×	1.6k 0.6×	2.3k 2.2×	1.1k 1.2×	1.4k 2.3×	176	7.5k
Daniela Parolaro Italy	56	4.5k 1.2×	5.9k 2.3×	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	557 0.9×	142	8.3k
Franco Borsini Italy	41	3.5k 1.0×	933 0.4×	2.0k 1.8×	589 0.6×	932 1.6×	152	6.1k
Gianluigi Tanda United States	50	6.7k 1.9×	3.2k 1.3×	3.2k 3.1×	1.3k 1.4×	606 1.0×	128	9.0k
Bryan K. Yamamoto United States	52	5.8k 1.6×	1.1k 0.4×	2.3k 2.1×	883 0.9×	553 0.9×	148	8.7k
Fabrício A. Moreira Brazil	36	3.0k 0.8×	3.8k 1.5×	630 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	356 0.6×	133	5.5k
Maurizio Popoli Italy	47	3.3k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	1.7k 1.6×	1.1k 1.2×	869 1.5×	149	7.6k

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Lardeux, Virginie, David Pubill, Ján Kehr, et al.. (2026). Neurochemical and behavioral evidence of high abuse liability of 3F-NEB, a novel synthetic cathinone. European Journal of Pharmacology. 1015. 178570–178570.

Lardeux, Virginie, Stéphanie Pain, Fuhua Wang, et al.. (2025). Unveiling the potential abuse liability of α-D2PV: A novel α-carbon phenyl-substituted synthetic cathinone. Neuropharmacology. 272. 110425–110425. 2 indexed citations

Solinas, Marcello & Miriam Melis. (2024). Developmental exposure to cannabis compromises dopamine system function and behavior. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 59. 101442–101442. 2 indexed citations

Mourik, Yvar van, et al.. (2024). Assessment of impulsivity using an automated, self-adjusting delay discounting procedure. Behavioural Brain Research. 480. 115405–115405.

Solinas, Marcello, et al.. (2024). Les cathinones : notifications d’addictovigilance en France sur la période 2022–2023. Therapies. 79(6). 760–761. 1 indexed citations

Solinas, Marcello, Claudia Chauvet, Claire Lafay‐Chebassier, et al.. (2024). Tobacco Images Choice and its Association With Craving and Dependence in People Who Smoke Cigarettes. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 26(12). 1636–1645. 1 indexed citations

Solinas, Marcello, Virginie Lardeux, Jean-Emmanuel Longueville, et al.. (2024). Delay of punishment highlights differential vulnerability to developing addiction-like behavior toward sweet food. Translational Psychiatry. 14(1). 155–155.

Balado, Éric, et al.. (2023). Premorbid performances determine the deleterious effects of nigrostriatal degeneration and pramipexole on behavioural flexibility. npj Parkinson s Disease. 9(1). 31–31. 3 indexed citations

Solinas, Marcello, Pauline Belujon, Pierre‐Olivier Fernagut, Mohamed Jaber, & Nathalie Thiriet. (2018). Dopamine and addiction: what have we learned from 40 years of research. Journal of Neural Transmission. 126(4). 481–516. 100 indexed citations

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Bardo, Michael T., et al.. (2016). Reduction of Cocaine-Induced Locomotor Effects by Enriched Environment Is Associated with Cell-Specific Accumulation of ΔFosB in Striatal and Cortical Subregions. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 20(3). pyw097–pyw097. 9 indexed citations

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Orrù, Marco, Xavier Guitart, Marzena Karcz‐Kubicha, et al.. (2012). Psychostimulant pharmacological profile of paraxanthine, the main metabolite of caffeine in humans. Neuropharmacology. 67. 476–484. 65 indexed citations

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Massaly, Nicolas, Lionel Dahan, Mathieu Baudonnat, et al.. (2012). Involvement of Protein Degradation by the Ubiquitin Proteasome System in Opiate Addictive Behaviors. Neuropsychopharmacology. 38(4). 596–604. 24 indexed citations

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Luca, Maria Antonietta De, Marcello Solinas, Zisis Bimpisidis, S.R. Goldberg, & G. Di Chiara. (2011). Cannabinoid facilitation of behavioral and biochemical hedonic taste responses. Neuropharmacology. 63(1). 161–168. 65 indexed citations

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Solinas, Marcello, Claudia Chauvet, Nathalie Thiriet, Rana El Rawas, & Mohamed Jaber. (2008). Reversal of cocaine addiction by environmental enrichment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(44). 17145–17150. 211 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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Solinas, Marcello, Zuzana Justinová, Steven R. Goldberg, & Gianluigi Tanda. (2006). Anandamide administration alone and after inhibition of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) increases dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens shell in rats. Journal of Neurochemistry. 98(2). 408–419. 176 indexed citations

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Gobbi, Gabriella, Francis Rodriguez Bambico, Regina A. Mangieri, et al.. (2005). Antidepressant-like activity and modulation of brain monoaminergic transmission by blockade of anandamide hydrolysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(51). 18620–18625. 555 indexed citations breakdown →

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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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Solinas, Marcello, Abraham Zangen, Nathalie Thiriet, & S.R. Goldberg. (2004). β‐Endorphin elevations in the ventral tegmental area regulate the discriminative effects of Δ‐9‐tetrahydrocannabinol. European Journal of Neuroscience. 19(12). 3183–3192. 64 indexed citations

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Solinas, Marcello, L.V. Panlilio, & S.R. Goldberg. (2004). Exposure to Δ-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) Increases Subsequent Heroin Taking but not Heroin's Reinforcing Efficacy: A Self-Administration Study in Rats. Neuropsychopharmacology. 29(7). 1301–1311. 62 indexed citations

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