Antonio Plumitallo

Pharmacological characterization of 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations in rats: Comparison of the effects of different psychoactive drugs and relevance in drug-induced reward

Nicola Simola, Sandro Fenu, Giulia Costa et al. · Neuropharmacology · 2012 · 114 citations

Drug-induced Reward, Behavioral Sciences, Psychoactive Drug +11

Direct and long-lasting effects elicited by repeated drug administration on 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations are regulated differently: implications for the study of the affective properties of drugs of abuse

Nicola Simola, Lucia Frau, Antonio Plumitallo et al. · The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2013 · 65 citations · Full text

Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Social Sciences +19

Caffeine Enhances Astroglia and Microglia Reactivity Induced by 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (‘Ecstasy’) in Mouse Brain

Amit Khairnar, Antonio Plumitallo, Lucia Frau et al. · Neurotoxicity Research · 2009 · 58 citations

Molecular Neuroscience, Caffeine Enhances Astroglia, Neurophysiology +11

Differential effects of intravenous R,S‐(±)‐3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, Ecstasy) and its S(+)‐ and R(−)‐enantiomers on dopamine transmission and extracellular signal regulated kinase phosphorylation (pERK) in the rat nucleus accumbens shell and core

Elio Acquas, Augusta Pisanu, Saturnino Spiga et al. · Journal of Neurochemistry · 2007 · 52 citations · Full text

MPTP‐induced dopamine neuron degeneration and glia activation is potentiated in MDMA‐pretreated mice

Giulia Costa, Lucia Frau, Jadwiga Wardas et al. · Movement Disorders · 2013 · 51 citations