Nicola Simola

5.1k total citations
89 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Nicola Simola is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicola Simola has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 21 papers in Neurology and 18 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Nicola Simola's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (27 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (20 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (18 papers). Nicola Simola is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (27 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (20 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (18 papers). Nicola Simola collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. Nicola Simola's co-authors include Micaela Morelli, Anna R. Carta, Giulia Costa, Annalisa Pinna, Lucia Frau, Sylvie Granon, Sandro Fenu, Antonio Plumitallo, Rosario Moratalla and Marcello Serra and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuroscience, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and Journal of Neurochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Nicola Simola

88 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicola Simola Italy	34	1.2k	828	722	538	390	89	3.0k
Michael Lazarus Japan	42	1.3k 1.0×	300 0.4×	1.1k 1.5×	220 0.4×	452 1.2×	112	5.3k
Geoffrey B. Varty United States	37	1.8k 1.5×	141 0.2×	1.1k 1.6×	659 1.2×	187 0.5×	65	3.2k
Shinya Ueno Japan	28	1.0k 0.8×	241 0.3×	807 1.1×	234 0.4×	123 0.3×	94	2.4k
George C. Wagner United States	31	1.8k 1.5×	424 0.5×	1.1k 1.5×	239 0.4×	276 0.7×	127	4.2k
Árpád Dobolyi Hungary	33	1.1k 0.9×	106 0.1×	1.1k 1.5×	497 0.9×	86 0.2×	129	3.2k
Kuei‐Sen Hsu Taiwan	42	3.2k 2.6×	212 0.3×	1.7k 2.3×	751 1.4×	501 1.3×	148	6.0k
Fabio Fumagalli Italy	43	4.1k 3.3×	631 0.8×	2.3k 3.2×	475 0.9×	523 1.3×	175	6.5k
Boris Ferger Germany	35	1.7k 1.4×	1.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.5×	368 0.7×	364 0.9×	100	3.8k
Roberto Coccurello Italy	30	557 0.5×	223 0.3×	602 0.8×	180 0.3×	418 1.1×	73	2.3k
Jack W. Lipton United States	36	1.8k 1.5×	1.5k 1.8×	830 1.1×	179 0.3×	214 0.5×	81	4.2k

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Spinaci, Andrea, Michela Buccioni, Diego Dal Ben, et al.. (2025). A2A Adenosine Receptor Antagonists and Their Efficacy in Rat Models of Parkinson’s Disease. Cells. 14(5). 338–338. 1 indexed citations

Serra, Marcello, Giulia Costa, Emmanuel S. Onaivi, & Nicola Simola. (2024). Divergent Acute and Enduring Changes in 50-kHz Ultrasonic Vocalizations in Rats Repeatedly Treated With Amphetamine and Dopaminergic Antagonists: New Insights on the Role of Dopamine in Calling Behavior. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 27(2). 1 indexed citations

Serra, Marcello, et al.. (2024). Emission of 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations stimulated by antiparkinsonian dopaminomimetic drugs in hemiparkinsonian rats is associated with neuronal activation in subcortical regions that regulate the affective state. Experimental Neurology. 381. 114939–114939.

Premoli, Marika, Susanna Pietropaolo, Markus Wöhr, Nicola Simola, & Sara Anna Bonini. (2023). Mouse and rat ultrasonic vocalizations in neuroscience and neuropharmacology: State of the art and future applications. European Journal of Neuroscience. 57(12). 2062–2096. 31 indexed citations

Pintori, Nicholas, M. Paola Castelli, Cristina Miliano, et al.. (2021). Repeated exposure to JWH‐018 induces adaptive changes in the mesolimbic and mesocortical dopaminergic pathways, glial cells alterations, and behavioural correlates. British Journal of Pharmacology. 178(17). 3476–3497. 13 indexed citations

Simola, Nicola, et al.. (2021). Effects of combination antiretroviral drugs (cART) on hippocampal neuroplasticity in female mice. Journal of NeuroVirology. 27(2). 325–333. 5 indexed citations

Costa, Giulia, Francesca Felicia Caputi, Marcello Serra, et al.. (2021). Activation of Antioxidant and Proteolytic Pathways in the Nigrostriatal Dopaminergic System After 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Administration: Sex-Related Differences. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 12. 713486–713486. 7 indexed citations

Simola, Nicola, et al.. (2020). Anti-HIV drugs promote β-amyloid deposition and impair learning and memory in BALB/c mice. Acta Neuropsychiatrica. 32(5). 257–264. 8 indexed citations

Bruno, Agostino, Elisabetta Barresi, Nicola Simola, et al.. (2019). Unbinding of Translocator Protein 18 kDa (TSPO) Ligands: From in Vitro Residence Time to in Vivo Efficacy via in Silico Simulations. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 10(8). 3805–3814. 24 indexed citations

10.

Pinna, Annalisa, Marcello Serra, Micaela Morelli, & Nicola Simola. (2018). Role of adenosine A2A receptors in motor control: relevance to Parkinson’s disease and dyskinesia. Journal of Neural Transmission. 125(8). 1273–1286. 31 indexed citations

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Simola, Nicola & Giulia Costa. (2018). Emission of categorized 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations in rats repeatedly treated with amphetamine or apomorphine: Possible relevance to drug-induced modifications in the emotional state. Behavioural Brain Research. 347. 88–98. 26 indexed citations

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Simola, Nicola, et al.. (2017). Modulation of Rat 50-kHz Ultrasonic Vocalizations by Glucocorticoid Signaling: Possible Relevance to Reward and Motivation. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 21(1). 73–83. 14 indexed citations

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Simola, Nicola. (2015). Rat Ultrasonic Vocalizations and Behavioral Neuropharmacology: From the Screening of Drugs to the Study of Disease. Current Neuropharmacology. 13(2). 164–179. 61 indexed citations

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Moratalla, Rosario, Amit Khairnar, Nicola Simola, et al.. (2015). Amphetamine-related drugs neurotoxicity in humans and in experimental animals: Main mechanisms. Progress in Neurobiology. 155. 149–170. 175 indexed citations

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Khairnar, Amit, Lucia Frau, Antonio Plumitallo, Micaela Morelli, & Nicola Simola. (2014). Antagonism of Adenosine A ₁ or A _2A Receptors Amplifies the Effects of MDMA on Glial Activation in the Mouse Brain: Relevance to Caffeine–MDMA Interactions. UNICA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Cagliari). 4(2). 41–47. 2 indexed citations

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Simola, Nicola, Micaela Morelli, Giuseppe Frazzitta, & Lucia Frau. (2013). Role of movement in long-term basal ganglia changes: implications for abnormal motor responses. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. 7. 142–142. 5 indexed citations

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Simola, Nicola, Sandro Fenu, Giulia Costa, et al.. (2012). Pharmacological characterization of 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations in rats: Comparison of the effects of different psychoactive drugs and relevance in drug-induced reward. Neuropharmacology. 63(2). 224–234. 88 indexed citations

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Pinna, Annalisa, Elisabetta Tronci, Nicoletta Schintu, et al.. (2009). A new ethyladenine antagonist of adenosine A2A receptors: Behavioral and biochemical characterization as an antiparkinsonian drug. Neuropharmacology. 58(3). 613–623. 36 indexed citations

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Simola, Nicola, Micaela Morelli, & Philip Seeman. (2008). Increase of dopamine D2^Highreceptors in the striatum of rats sensitized to caffeine motor effects. Synapse. 62(5). 394–397. 19 indexed citations

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Simola, Nicola, Diego Bustamante, Annalisa Pinna, et al.. (2007). Acute perinatal asphyxia impairs non-spatial memory and alters motor coordination in adult male rats. Experimental Brain Research. 185(4). 595–601. 42 indexed citations

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