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- Economidou, D., Cippitelli, A., Stopponi, S., Braconi, S., Clementi, S., Ubaldi, M., Martin-Fardon, R., Weiss, F., Massi, M., Ciccocioppo, R. Activation of brain NOP receptors attenuates acute and protracted alcohol withdrawal symptoms in the rat Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research 2011 35:747-755 DOI:10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01392.x PMID:21223310 PMCID:PMC3066303
- Kallupi, M., Cannella, N., Economidou, D., Ubaldi, M., Ruggeri, B., Weiss, F., Massi, M., Marugan, J., Heilig, M., Bonnavion, P., de Lecea, L., Ciccocioppo, R. Neuropeptide S facilitates cue-induced relapse to cocaine seeking through activation of the hypothalamic hypocretin system Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2010 107:19567-19572 DOI:10.1073/pnas.1004100107 PMID:20974945 PMCID:PMC2984152
- Economidou, D., Hansson, A. C., Weiss, F., Terasmaa, A., Sommer, W. H., Cippitelli, A., Fedeli, A., Martin-Fardon, R., Massi, M., Ciccocioppo, R., Heilig, M. Dysregulation of nociceptin/orphanin FQ activity in the amygdala is linked to excessive alcohol drinking in the rat Biological Psychiatry 2008 64:211-218 DOI:10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.02.004 PMID:18367152 PMCID:PMC4275225
- Economidou, D., Fedeli, A., Fardon, R. M., Weiss, F., Massi, M., Ciccocioppo, R. Effect of novel nociceptin/orphanin FQ-NOP receptor ligands on ethanol drinking in alcohol-preferring msP rats Peptides 2006 27:3299-3306 DOI:10.1016/j.peptides.2006.09.007 PMID:17097763 PMCID:PMC1847604
- Ciccocioppo, R., Economidou, D., Fedeli, A., Angeletti, S., Weiss, F., Heilig, M., Massi, M. Attenuation of ethanol self-administration and of conditioned reinstatement of alcohol-seeking behaviour by the antiopioid peptide nociceptin/orphanin fq in alcohol-preferring rats Psychopharmacology 2004 172:170-178 DOI:10.1007/s00213-003-1645-1 PMID:14624331 PMCID:PMC3035816
- Ciccocioppo, R., Fedeli, A., Economidou, D., Policani, F., Weiss, F., Massi, M. The bed nucleus is a neuroanatomical substrate for the anorectic effect of corticotropin-releasing factor and for its reversal by nociceptin/orphanin fq Journal of Neuroscience 2003 23:9445-9451 PMID:14561874 PMCID:PMC3035815
- Ciccocioppo, R., Martin-Fardon, R., Weiss, F., Massi, M. Nociceptin/orphanin FQ inhibits stress- and CRF-induced anorexia in rats Neuroreport 2001 12:1145-1149 DOI:10.1097/00001756-200105080-00019 PMID:11338181
- Ciccocioppo, R., Angeletti, S., Sanna, P. P., Weiss, F., Massi, M. Effect of nociceptin/orphanin FQ on the rewarding properties of morphine European Journal of Pharmacology 2000 404:153-159 DOI:10.1016/s0014-2999(00)00590-2 PMID:10980274
- Martin-Fardon, R., Ciccocioppo, R., Massi, M., Weiss, F. Nociceptin prevents stress-induced ethanol- but not cocaine-seeking behavior in rats Neuroreport 2000 11:1939-1943 DOI:10.1097/00001756-200006260-00026 PMID:10884047