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  • Blasio, A., Iemolo, A., Sabino, V., Petrosino, S., Steardo, L., Rice, K. C., Orlando, P., Iannotti, F. A., Di Marzo, V., Zorrilla, E. P., Cottone, P. Rimonabant precipitates anxiety in rats withdrawn from palatable food: role of the central amygdala Neuropsychopharmacology  2013 38:2498-2507  DOI:10.1038/npp.2013.153  PMID:23793355  PMCID:PMC3799070
  • Sabino, V., Cottone, P., Blasio, A., Iyer, M. R., Steardo, L., Rice, K. C., Conti, B., Koob, G. F., Zorrilla, E. P. Activation of σ-receptors induces binge-like drinking in Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats Neuropsychopharmacology  2011 36:1207-1218  DOI:10.1038/npp.2011.5  PMID:21346735  PMCID:PMC3079320
  • Cottone, P., Sabino, V., Roberto, M., Bajo, M., Pockros, L., Frihauf, J. B., Fekete, E. M., Steardo, L., Rice, K. C., Grigoriadis, D. E., Conti, B., Koob, G. F., et al. CRF system recruitment mediates dark side of compulsive eating Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America  2009 106:20016-20020  DOI:10.1073/pnas.0908789106  PMID:19901333  PMCID:PMC2785284
  • Cottone, P., Sabino, V., Steardo, L., Zorrilla, E. P. Consummatory, anxiety-related and metabolic adaptations in female rats with alternating access to preferred food Psychoneuroendocrinology  2009 34:38-49  DOI:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.08.010  PMID:18842344  PMCID:PMC3224792
  • Sabino, V., Cottone, P., Zhao, Y., Steardo, L., Koob, G. F., Zorrilla, E. P. Selective reduction of alcohol drinking in sardinian alcohol-preferring rats by a sigma-1 receptor antagonist Psychopharmacology  2009 205:327-335  DOI:10.1007/s00213-009-1548-x  PMID:19440699  PMCID:PMC2748837
  • Sabino, V., Cottone, P., Parylak, S. L., Steardo, L., Zorrilla, E. P. Sigma-1 receptor knockout mice display a depressive-like phenotype Behavioural Brain Research  2009 198:472-476  DOI:10.1016/j.bbr.2008.11.036  PMID:19100292  PMCID:PMC2667953
  • Sabino, V., Cottone, P., Zhao, Y., Iyer, M. R., Steardo, L., Rice, K. C., Conti, B., Rice, K. C., Koob, G. F., Zorrilla, E. P. The sigma-receptor antagonist BD-1063 decreases ethanol intake and reinforcement in animal models of excessive drinking Neuropsychopharmacology  2009 34:1482-1493  DOI:10.1038/npp.2008.192  PMID:18946467  PMCID:PMC2669694
  • Cottone, P., Sabino, V., Steardo, L., Zorrilla, E. P. Intermittent access to preferred food reduces the reinforcing efficacy of chow in rats American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology  2008 295:R1066-R1076  DOI:10.1152/ajpregu.90309.2008  PMID:18667718  PMCID:PMC2576087
  • Cottone, P., Sabino, V., Steardo, L., Zorrilla, E. P. Opioid-dependent anticipatory negative contrast and binge-like eating in rats with limited access to highly preferred food Neuropsychopharmacology  2008 33:524-535  DOI:10.1038/sj.npp.1301430  PMID:17443124
  • Sabino, V., Cottone, P., Steardo, L., Schmidhammer, H., Zorrilla, E. P. 14-methoxymetopon, a highly potent mu opioid agonist, biphasically affects ethanol intake in Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats Psychopharmacology  2007 192:537-546  DOI:10.1007/s00213-007-0746-7  PMID:17345066
  • Cottone, P., Sabino, V., Steardo, L., Zorrilla, E. P. Fg 7142 specifically reduces meal size and the rate and regularity of sustained feeding in female rats: Evidence that benzodiazepine inverse agonists reduce food palatability Neuropsychopharmacology  2007 32:1069-1081  DOI:10.1038/sj.npp.1301229  PMID:1707
  • Sabino, V., Cottone, P., Koob, G. F., Steardo, L., Lee, M. J., Rice, K. C., Zorrilla, E. P. Dissociation between opioid and crf1 antagonist sensitive drinking in sardinian alcohol-preferring rats Psychopharmacology  2006 189:175-186  DOI:10.1007/s00213-006-0546-5  PMID:17047935