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Patrizia Porcu
Neuroscience Institute - CNR National Research Council
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The role of GABAA receptors in the acute and chronic effects of ethanol: a decade of progress
S Kumar, P Porcu, DF Werner, DB Matthews, JL Diaz-Granados, ...
Psychopharmacology 205, 529-564, 2009
5342009
Role of brain allopregnanolone in the plasticity of γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptor in rat brain during pregnancy and after delivery
A Concas, MC Mostallino, P Porcu, P Follesa, ML Barbaccia, M Trabucchi, ...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 95 (22), 13284-13289, 1998
4571998
Proof-of-concept trial with the neurosteroid pregnenolone targeting cognitive and negative symptoms in schizophrenia
CE Marx, RSE Keefe, RW Buchanan, RM Hamer, JD Kilts, DW Bradford, ...
Neuropsychopharmacology 34 (8), 1885-1903, 2009
2202009
Neurosteroidogenesis today: novel targets for neuroactive steroid synthesis and action and their relevance for translational research
P Porcu, AM Barron, CA Frye, AA Walf, SY Yang, XY He, AL Morrow, ...
Journal of neuroendocrinology 28 (2), 2016
1632016
Changes in GABAA receptor γ2 subunit gene expression induced by long-term administration of oral contraceptives in rats
P Follesa, P Porcu, C Sogliano, M Cinus, F Biggio, L Mancuso, ...
Neuropharmacology 42 (3), 325-336, 2002
1252002
Sex differences in the outcome of juvenile social isolation on HPA axis function in rats
MG Pisu, A Garau, G Boero, F Biggio, V Pibiri, R Dore, V Locci, E Paci, ...
Neuroscience 320, 172-182, 2016
1162016
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis modulation of GABAergic neuroactive steroids influences ethanol sensitivity and drinking behavior
AL Morrow, P Porcu, KN Boyd, KA Grant
Dialogues in clinical neuroscience 8 (4), 463-477, 2006
1042006
Role of allopregnanolone in regulation of GABAA receptor plasticity during long-term exposure to and withdrawal from progesterone
P Follesa, A Concas, P Porcu, E Sanna, M Serra, MC Mostallino, ...
Brain Research Reviews 37 (1-3), 81-90, 2001
992001
Nicotine-induced changes in cerebrocortical neuroactive steroids and plasma corticosterone concentrations in the rat
P Porcu, C Sogliano, M Cinus, RH Purdy, G Biggio, A Concas
Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 74 (3), 683-690, 2003
802003
Long-term administration with levonorgestrel decreases allopregnanolone levels and alters GABAA receptor subunit expression and anxiety-like behavior
P Porcu, MC Mostallino, C Sogliano, F Santoru, R Berretti, A Concas
Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 102 (2), 366-372, 2012
712012
Decreased allopregnanolone induced by hormonal contraceptives is associated with a reduction in social behavior and sexual motivation in female rats
F Santoru, R Berretti, A Locci, P Porcu, A Concas
Psychopharmacology 231, 3351-3364, 2014
692014
A history of depression in women is associated with an altered GABAergic neuroactive steroid profile
SS Girdler, M Lindgren, P Porcu, DR Rubinow, JL Johnson, AL Morrow
Psychoneuroendocrinology 37 (4), 543-553, 2012
682012
Simultaneous quantification of GABAergic 3α, 5α/3α, 5β neuroactive steroids in human and rat serum
P Porcu, TK O’Buckley, SE Alward, CE Marx, LJ Shampine, SS Girdler, ...
Steroids 74 (4-5), 463-473, 2009
652009
Caffeine-induced increases in the brain and plasma concentrations of neuroactive steroids in the rat
A Concas, P Porcu, C Sogliano, M Serra, RH Purdy, G Biggio
Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 66 (1), 39-45, 2000
642000
Impaired glucocorticoid-mediated HPA axis negative feedback induced by juvenile social isolation in male rats
G Boero, MG Pisu, F Biggio, L Muredda, G Carta, S Banni, E Paci, ...
Neuropharmacology 133, 242-253, 2018
572018
Modulation of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors and the feeding response by neurosteroids in Hydra vulgaris
A Concas, P Pierobon, MC Mostallino, G Marino, R Minei, G Biggio
Neuroscience 85 (3), 979-988, 1998
561998
Ethanol induction of steroidogenesis in rat adrenal and brain is dependent upon pituitary ACTH release and de novo adrenal StAR synthesis
KN Boyd, S Kumar, TK O’Buckley, P Porcu, AL Morrow
Journal of neurochemistry 112 (3), 784-796, 2010
552010
The brain as a target of hormonal contraceptives: Evidence from animal studies
P Porcu, M Serra, A Concas
Frontiers in neuroendocrinology 55, 100799, 2019
522019
Differential effects of ethanol on serum GABAergic 3α, 5α/3α, 5β neuroactive steroids in mice, rats, cynomolgus monkeys, and humans
P Porcu, TK O’Buckley, SE Alward, SC Song, KA Grant, H De Wit, ...
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 34 (3), 432-442, 2010
522010
Putative glycine receptors in Hydra: a biochemical and behavioural study
P Pierobon, R Minei, P Porcu, C Sogliano, A Tino, G Marino, G Biggio, ...
European Journal of Neuroscience 14 (10), 1659-1666, 2001
512001
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