Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol decreases extracellular GABA and increases extracellular glutamate and dopamine levels in the rat prefrontal cortex: an in vivo microdialysis study

Marco Pistis, Luca Ferraro, Luigi Pira, +4

Brain Research

Vivo Microdialysis StudyNeurophysiologyMedicineRat Prefrontal CortexNeuropharmacology +7

Prenatal exposure to a cannabinoid agonist produces memory deficits linked to dysfunction in hippocampal long-term potentiation and glutamate release

Giampaolo Mereu, Mauro Fà, Luca Ferraro, +7

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy of Ropivacaine Continuous Wound Instillation After Spine Fusion Surgery

Margherita Bianconi, Luca Ferraro, Riccardo Ricci, +5

Anesthesia & Analgesia

Pharmacokinetics and efficacy of ropivacaine continuous wound instillation after joint replacement surgery † †Declaration of interest. This work was supported by AstraZeneca, Basiglio, Milano, Italy. Presented in part at the Third European Congress of Orthopaedic Anaesthesia, 31 May–2 June 2001, London, UK.

Margherita Bianconi, Luca Ferraro, G. C. Traina, +5

British Journal of Anaesthesia

May–2 June 2001AnesthesiaMedicinePostoperative Pain ManagementPatient Safety +10

The Vigilance Promoting Drug Modafinil Increases Extracellular Glutamate Levels in the Medial Preoptic Area and the Posterior Hypothalamus of the Conscious Rat Prevention by Local GABAA Receptor Blockade

Luca Ferraro

Neuropsychopharmacology

Behavioral NeuroscienceNeuroanatomyNeurophysiologyPosterior HypothalamusMedicine +12

Alterations of prefrontal cortex GABAergic transmission in the complex psychotic-like phenotype induced by adolescent delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure in rats

Erica Zamberletti, Sarah Beggiato, Luca Steardo, +5

Neurobiology of Disease

Cannabis UseNeuropsychologyPsychoactive DrugPsychiatryAddiction +10

Modafinil: An antinarcoleptic drug with a different neurochemical profile to d-amphetamine and dopamine uptake blockers

Luca Ferraro, Tiziana Antonelli, William T. O’Connor, +3

Biological Psychiatry

Psychoactive DrugPsychiatryAddictionMedicinePsychopharmacology +10

Solid microparticles based on chitosan or methyl-β-cyclodextrin: A first formulative approach to increase the nose-to-brain transport of deferoxamine mesylate

Giovanna Rassu, Elena Soddu, Massimo Cossu, +8

Journal of Controlled Release

Deferoxamine MesylateMedicineNose-to-brain TransportDrug Delivery SystemsNano-drug Delivery +4

The vigilance promoting drug modafinil increases dopamine release in the rat nucleus accumbens via the involvement of a local GABAergic mechanism

Luca Ferraro, Sergio Tanganelli, William T. O’Connor, +3

European Journal of Pharmacology

Psychoactive DrugPsychiatryNeurophysiologyAddictionBehavioral Neuroscience +12

Prenatal Exposure to the CB1 Receptor Agonist WIN 55,212-2 Causes Learning Disruption Associated with Impaired Cortical NMDA Receptor Function and Emotional Reactivity Changes in Rat Offspring

Tiziana Antonelli, Maria Cristina Tomasini, Maria Tattoli, +8

Cerebral Cortex

Rat OffspringNeuropsychologyNeurotransmitterSocial SciencesPsychology +19