Maria Morena

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Maria Morena is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Morena has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Pharmacology, 31 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 22 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Maria Morena's work include Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (33 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (27 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (13 papers). Maria Morena is often cited by papers focused on Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (33 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (27 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (13 papers). Maria Morena collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Canada and United States. Maria Morena's co-authors include Matthew N. Hill, Patrizia Campolongo, Sachin Patel, Jaideep S. Bains, Viviana Trezza, Haley A. Vecchiarelli, Maura Palmery, V. Cuomo, Jennifer M. Gray and E Favale and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Maria Morena

58 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Neurobiological Interactions Between Stress and the Endocannabinoid System

2015 476 citations Maria Morena, Sachin Patel et al. Neuropsychopharmacology profile →

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Maria Morena

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Daniele C. Aguiar Brazil

Fabrício A. Pamplona Brazil

Michelle Roche Ireland

Sabrina F. Lisboa Brazil

Anna Lisa Muntoni Italy

Daniela Hauer Germany

Alexandra Šulcová Czechia

Carla Cannizzaro Italy

Cheryl L. Limebeer Canada

Daniela Viganò Italy

Daniele C. Aguiar Brazil

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Mancini, Giulia Federica, et al.. (2025). A behavioral screening method for predicting PTSD-like phenotypes: Novel application to female rats. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 416. 110380–110380. 1 indexed citations

Mancini, Giulia Federica, María Bové, Vladyslav Sikora, et al.. (2025). Impact of brain redox biomarkers on the emotional and cognitive-related states in male and female adolescent rats: A descriptive analysis. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 141. 111447–111447. 2 indexed citations

Campolongo, Patrizia, et al.. (2025). Social buffering during fear extinction rescues long-term trauma-induced memory and emotional behavioral alterations in rats. Translational Psychiatry. 15(1). 64–64.

Mancini, Giulia Federica, et al.. (2024). Sex differences in fear expression and persistence in an animal model of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Neuroscience. 560. 371–380. 7 indexed citations

Aukema, Robert J., Gavin N. Petrie, Samantha L. Baglot, et al.. (2024). Identification of a stress-responsive subregion of the basolateral amygdala in male rats. Neuropsychopharmacology. 49(13). 1989–1999. 4 indexed citations

Colangeli, Roberto, Maria Morena, Roger Thompson, et al.. (2022). 2-AG-Mediated Control of GABAergic Signaling Is Impaired in a Model of Epilepsy. Journal of Neuroscience. 43(4). 571–583. 7 indexed citations

Vecchiarelli, Haley A., Maria Morena, Robert J. Aukema, et al.. (2022). Sex and stressor modality influence acute stress-induced dynamic changes in corticolimbic endocannabinoid levels in adult Sprague Dawley rats. Neurobiology of Stress. 20. 100470–100470. 18 indexed citations

Morena, Maria, et al.. (2022). Circadian regulation of memory under stress: Endocannabinoids matter. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 138. 104712–104712. 7 indexed citations

Farrell, Jordan S., Roberto Colangeli, Ao Dong, et al.. (2021). In vivo endocannabinoid dynamics at the timescale of physiological and pathological neural activity. Neuron. 109(15). 2398–2403.e4. 46 indexed citations

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Vecchiarelli, Haley A., Robert J. Aukema, Vincent L. Chiang, et al.. (2021). Genetic Variants of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Modulate Acute Inflammatory Responses to Colitis in Adult Male Mice. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 15. 764706–764706. 5 indexed citations

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Morena, Maria, Paola Colucci, Giulia Federica Mancini, et al.. (2020). Ketamine anesthesia enhances fear memory consolidation via noradrenergic activation in the basolateral amygdala. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 178. 107362–107362. 12 indexed citations

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Mayo, Leah M., Anna Asratian, Maria Morena, et al.. (2019). Elevated Anandamide, Enhanced Recall of Fear Extinction, and Attenuated Stress Responses Following Inhibition of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase: A Randomized, Controlled Experimental Medicine Trial. Biological Psychiatry. 87(6). 538–547. 154 indexed citations

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Morena, Maria, Robert J. Aukema, Asim J. Rashid, et al.. (2018). Upregulation of Anandamide Hydrolysis in the Basolateral Complex of Amygdala Reduces Fear Memory Expression and Indices of Stress and Anxiety. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(7). 1275–1292. 49 indexed citations

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Gray, Jennifer M., Haley A. Vecchiarelli, Maria Morena, et al.. (2015). Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Drives Anandamide Hydrolysis in the Amygdala to Promote Anxiety. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(9). 3879–3892. 195 indexed citations

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Morena, Maria, Sachin Patel, Jaideep S. Bains, & Matthew N. Hill. (2015). Neurobiological Interactions Between Stress and the Endocannabinoid System. Neuropsychopharmacology. 41(1). 80–102. 476 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vecchiarelli, Haley A., et al.. (2015). Divergent responses of inflammatory mediators within the amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex to acute psychological stress. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 51. 70–91. 35 indexed citations

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Morena, Maria, Jonathan Gray, Maura Palmery, et al.. (2015). Training-Associated Emotional Arousal Shapes Endocannabinoid Modulation of Spatial Memory Retrieval in Rats. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(41). 13962–13974. 58 indexed citations

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Abbruzzese, Giovanni, et al.. (1991). Motor and sensory evoked potentials in progressive supranuclear palsy. Movement Disorders. 6(1). 49–54. 28 indexed citations

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Abbruzzese, Giovanni, et al.. (1990). Abnormalities of parietal and prerolandic somatosensory evoked potentials in Huntington's disease. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology/Evoked Potentials Section. 77(5). 340–346. 56 indexed citations

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Abbruzzese, Giovanni, et al.. (1990). Selective Effects of Repetition Rate on Frontal and Parietal Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SEPs). Elsevier eBooks. 41. 145–148. 12 indexed citations

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