Nikolaos Pitsikas

3.1k total citations
93 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Nikolaos Pitsikas is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nikolaos Pitsikas has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 26 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Nikolaos Pitsikas's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (43 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (25 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (22 papers). Nikolaos Pitsikas is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (43 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (25 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (22 papers). Nikolaos Pitsikas collaborates with scholars based in Greece, Italy and United States. Nikolaos Pitsikas's co-authors include Nikos Sakellaridis, Sergio Algeri, Petros Α. Tarantilis, Antonios Boultadakis, Γεωργία Γεωργιάδου, Franco Borsini, Antonello E. Rigamonti, Eugenio E. Müller, Silvano G. Cella and A. Brambilla and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain Research, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Nikolaos Pitsikas

89 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nikolaos Pitsikas Greece 29 1.0k 753 541 530 481 93 2.5k
Fereshteh Motamedi Iran 33 1.4k 1.3× 647 0.9× 213 0.4× 535 1.0× 588 1.2× 121 3.0k
Marc Marien France 32 1.5k 1.5× 803 1.1× 136 0.3× 192 0.4× 343 0.7× 48 2.6k
Kris Rutten Netherlands 29 802 0.8× 1.4k 1.9× 78 0.1× 840 1.6× 503 1.0× 36 2.4k
Sharon C. Cheetham United Kingdom 29 1.5k 1.4× 845 1.1× 89 0.2× 558 1.1× 440 0.9× 70 2.8k
Michel Boulouard France 32 1.2k 1.2× 1.1k 1.5× 66 0.1× 563 1.1× 638 1.3× 100 4.0k
Luísa Rocha Mexico 26 1.5k 1.5× 643 0.9× 122 0.2× 217 0.4× 245 0.5× 147 2.5k
Hoau-Yan Wang United States 30 1.6k 1.6× 2.0k 2.7× 175 0.3× 764 1.4× 1.9k 3.9× 50 4.6k
Zoë A. Hughes United States 28 949 0.9× 771 1.0× 51 0.1× 516 1.0× 278 0.6× 53 2.5k
Marcus Rattray United Kingdom 34 1.9k 1.9× 1.4k 1.9× 84 0.2× 310 0.6× 919 1.9× 89 3.6k
Hans Nissbrandt Sweden 40 2.0k 2.0× 1.3k 1.8× 69 0.1× 283 0.5× 623 1.3× 85 4.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nikolaos Pitsikas

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All Works

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Pitsikas, Nikolaos. (2024). Nitric Oxide (NO) Synthase Inhibitors: Potential Candidates for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders?. Molecules. 29(6). 1411–1411. 2 indexed citations
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Pitsikas, Nikolaos, et al.. (2023). The Nitric Oxide (NO) Donor Molsidomine Counteract Social Withdrawal and Cognition Deficits Induced by Blockade of the NMDA Receptor in the Rat. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(7). 6866–6866. 4 indexed citations
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Pitsikas, Nikolaos. (2023). The role of nitric oxide (NO) modulators in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Nitric Oxide. 134-135. 38–43. 2 indexed citations
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Pitsikas, Nikolaos & Mirjana Carli. (2020). Ketamine disrupted storage but not retrieval of information in male rats and apomorphine counteracted its impairing effect. Neuroscience Letters. 737. 135321–135321. 7 indexed citations
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Pitsikas, Nikolaos & Petros Α. Tarantilis. (2018). Effects of the active constituents of Crocus sativus L. crocins and their combination with memantine on recognition memory in rats. Behavioural Pharmacology. 29(5). 400–412. 13 indexed citations
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Pitsikas, Nikolaos & Achille Gravanis. (2017). The novel dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) derivative BNN27 counteracts delay-dependent and scopolamine-induced recognition memory deficits in rats. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 140. 145–153. 15 indexed citations
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Pitsikas, Nikolaos. (2015). The role of nitric oxide donors in schizophrenia: Basic studies and clinical applications. European Journal of Pharmacology. 766. 106–113. 27 indexed citations
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Pitsikas, Nikolaos. (2013). The metabotropic glutamate receptors: Potential drug targets for the treatment of anxiety disorders?. European Journal of Pharmacology. 723. 181–184. 25 indexed citations
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Leondaritis, George, et al.. (2013). PKC-epsilon activation is required for recognition memory in the rat. Behavioural Brain Research. 253. 280–289. 18 indexed citations
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Γεωργιάδου, Γεωργία, et al.. (2013). Crocins, the active constituents of Crocus Sativus L., counteracted ketamine–induced behavioural deficits in rats. Psychopharmacology. 231(4). 717–726. 59 indexed citations
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Boultadakis, Antonios & Nikolaos Pitsikas. (2010). Effects of the Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitor L-NAME on Recognition and Spatial Memory Deficits Produced by Different NMDA Receptor Antagonists in the Rat. Neuropsychopharmacology. 35(12). 2357–2366. 46 indexed citations
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Pitsikas, Nikolaos. (2007). Effects of scopolamine and l-NAME on rats’ performance in the object location test. Behavioural Brain Research. 179(2). 294–298. 30 indexed citations
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Pitsikas, Nikolaos. (2007). The selective 5-HT6 receptor antagonist Ro 04-6790 attenuates psychotomimetic effects of the NMDA receptor antagonist MK-801. Behavioural Brain Research. 188(2). 304–309. 15 indexed citations
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Pitsikas, Nikolaos, et al.. (2006). Nitric oxide donor molsidomine attenuates psychotomimetic effects of the NMDA receptor antagonist MK-801. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 84(2). 299–305. 30 indexed citations
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Pitsikas, Nikolaos, et al.. (2001). Effects of cerestat and NBQX on functional and morphological outcomes in rat focal cerebral ischemia. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 68(3). 443–447. 13 indexed citations
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Pitsikas, Nikolaos. (2000). Duloxetine Eli Lilly & Co.. PubMed. 1(1). 116–21. 22 indexed citations
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Algeri, S., Sara Elis Bianchi, Paolo Garofalo, et al.. (1991). The effect of caloric restriction on a rat model of aging: Biological, pathological, biochemical and behavioral characterization. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 3(4). 388–390. 4 indexed citations

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