Elio Acquas

Affiliations

Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy.

ORCID: 0000-0002-4783-9319

Publications (17)

Impact of Caffeine on Ethanol-Induced Stimulation and Sensitization: Changes in ERK and DARPP-32 Phosphorylation in Nucleus Accumbens.

Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research

Avec: Simona Porru , Laura López-Cruz , Carla Carratalá-Ros , John D Salamone , Elio Acquas , Mercè Correa

Receptor and metabolic insights on the ability of caffeine to prevent alcohol-induced stimulation of mesolimbic dopamine transmission.

Research square

Avec: Riccardo Maccioni , Valentina Bassareo , Giuseppe Talani , Simone Zuffa , Yasin El Abiead , Irene Lorrai , Tomoya Kawamura , Sofia Pantis , Roberta Puliga , Romina Vargiu , Daniele Lecca , Paolo Enrico , Alessandra Peana , Laura Dazzi , Pieter C Dorrestein , Pietro Paolo Sanna , Enrico Sanna , Elio Acquas

Simultaneous wireless and high-resolution detection of nucleus accumbens shell ethanol concentrations and free motion of rats upon voluntary ethanol intake.

Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.)

Avec: G Rocchitta , A T Peana , G Bazzu , A Cossu , S Carta , P Arrigo , A Bacciu , R Migheli , D Farina , M Zinellu , E Acquas , P A Serra

Ethanol-Dependent Synthesis of Salsolinol in the Posterior Ventral Tegmental Area as Key Mechanism of Ethanol's Action on Mesolimbic Dopamine.

Frontiers in neuroscience

Avec: Valentina Bassareo , Roberto Frau , Riccardo Maccioni , Pierluigi Caboni , Cristina Manis , Alessandra T Peana , Rossana Migheli , Simona Porru , Elio Acquas

Not Just from Ethanol. Tetrahydroisoquinolinic (TIQ) Derivatives: from Neurotoxicity to Neuroprotection.

Neurotoxicity research

Avec: Alessandra T Peana , Valentina Bassareo , Elio Acquas

Ferulic Acid Esters and Withanolides: In Search of Withania somnifera GABA

Journal of natural products

Avec: Vijay P Sonar , Benedetta Fois , Simona Distinto , Elias Maccioni , Rita Meleddu , Filippo Cottiglia , Elio Acquas , Sanjay Kasture , Costantino Floris , Daniele Colombo , Claudia Sissi , Enrico Sanna , Giuseppe Talani

Withania somnifera influences MDMA-induced hyperthermic, cognitive, neurotoxic and neuroinflammatory effects in mice.

Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie

Avec: Giulia Costa , Marcello Serra , Riccardo Maccioni , Maria Antonietta Casu , Sanjay B Kasture , Elio Acquas , Micaela Morelli

Evidence of a PPARγ-mediated mechanism in the ability of Withania somnifera to attenuate tolerance to the antinociceptive effects of morphine.

Pharmacological research

Avec: Francesca Felicia Caputi , Laura Rullo , Elio Acquas , Roberto Ciccocioppo , Sanzio Candeletti , Patrizia Romualdi

Effects of docosanyl ferulate, a constituent of Withania somnifera, on ethanol- and morphine-elicited conditioned place preference and ERK phosphorylation in the accumbens shell of CD1 mice.

Psychopharmacology

Avec: Riccardo Maccioni , Marcello Serra , Jacopo Marongiu , Filippo Cottiglia , Elias Maccioni , Valentina Bassareo , Micaela Morelli , Sanjay B Kasture , Elio Acquas

Binge-like administration of alcohol mixed to energy drinks to male adolescent rats severely impacts on mesocortical dopaminergic function in adulthood: A behavioral, neurochemical and electrophysiological study.

Neuropharmacology

Avec: Laura Dazzi , Fabrizio Sanna , Giuseppe Talani , Valentina Bassareo , Francesca Biggio , Paolo Follesa , Maria Giuseppina Pisu , Patrizia Porcu , Roberta Puliga , Marina Quartu , Mariangela Serra , Maria Pina Serra , Enrico Sanna , Elio Acquas

Mixing energy drinks and alcohol during adolescence impairs brain function: a study of rat hippocampal plasticity.

Neuropharmacology

Avec: Francesca Biggio , Giuseppe Talani , Gino Paolo Asuni , Valentina Bassareo , Marianna Boi , Laura Dazzi , Maria Giuseppina Pisu , Patrizia Porcu , Enrico Sanna , Fabrizio Sanna , Mariangela Serra , Maria Pina Serra , Carlotta Siddi , Elio Acquas , Paolo Follesa , Marina Quartu

Receptor and metabolic insights on the ability of caffeine to prevent alcohol-induced stimulation of mesolimbic dopamine transmission.

Translational psychiatry

Avec: Valentina Bassareo , Riccardo Maccioni , Giuseppe Talani , Simone Zuffa , Yasin El Abiead , Irene Lorrai , Tomoya Kawamura , Sofia Pantis , Roberta Puliga , Romina Vargiu , Daniele Lecca , Paolo Enrico , Alessandra Peana , Laura Dazzi , Pieter C Dorrestein , Pietro Paolo Sanna , Enrico Sanna , Elio Acquas

The biologically active compound of

Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England)

Avec: Riccardo Maccioni , Filippo Cottiglia , Elias Maccioni , Giuseppe Talani , Enrico Sanna , Valentina Bassareo , Sanjay B Kasture , Elio Acquas

Effects of caffeine on ethanol-elicited place preference, place aversion and ERK phosphorylation in CD-1 mice.

Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England)

Avec: Simona Porru , Riccardo Maccioni , Valentina Bassareo , Alessandra T Peana , John D Salamone , Mercè Correa , Elio Acquas

Inhibition of Morphine- and Ethanol-Mediated Stimulation of Mesolimbic Dopamine Neurons by

Frontiers in neuroscience

Avec: Valentina Bassareo , Giuseppe Talani , Roberto Frau , Simona Porru , Michela Rosas , Sanjay B Kasture , Alessandra T Peana , Eleonora Loi , Enrico Sanna , Elio Acquas

Active avoidance learning differentially activates ERK phosphorylation in the primary auditory and visual cortices of Roman high- and low-avoidance rats.

Physiology & behavior

Avec: Marta Sabariego , Michela Rosas , Maria Antonietta Piludu , Elio Acquas , Osvaldo Giorgi , Maria G Corda

New perspective for an old drug: Can naloxone be considered an antioxidant agent?

Biochemistry and biophysics reports

Avec: Rossana Migheli , Giada Lostia , Grazia Galleri , Gaia Rocchitta , Pier Andrea Serra , Ilaria Campesi , Valentina Bassareo , Elio Acquas , Alessandra T Peana

Réseau de co-auteurs

Valentina Bassareo 11 collaborations

Riccardo Maccioni 7 collaborations

Giuseppe Talani 7 collaborations

Enrico Sanna 7 collaborations

Alessandra T Peana 5 collaborations

Simona Porru 4 collaborations

Laura Dazzi 4 collaborations

Sanjay B Kasture 4 collaborations

Roberta Puliga 3 collaborations

Elias Maccioni 3 collaborations

Filippo Cottiglia 3 collaborations

John D Salamone 2 collaborations

Mercè Correa 2 collaborations

Simone Zuffa 2 collaborations

Yasin El Abiead 2 collaborations

Irene Lorrai 2 collaborations

Tomoya Kawamura 2 collaborations

Sofia Pantis 2 collaborations

Romina Vargiu 2 collaborations

Daniele Lecca 2 collaborations

Paolo Enrico 2 collaborations

Alessandra Peana 2 collaborations

Pieter C Dorrestein 2 collaborations

Pietro Paolo Sanna 2 collaborations

Roberto Frau 2 collaborations

Rossana Migheli 2 collaborations

Marcello Serra 2 collaborations

Micaela Morelli 2 collaborations

Fabrizio Sanna 2 collaborations

Francesca Biggio 2 collaborations

Paolo Follesa 2 collaborations

Maria Giuseppina Pisu 2 collaborations

Patrizia Porcu 2 collaborations

Marina Quartu 2 collaborations

Mariangela Serra 2 collaborations

Maria Pina Serra 2 collaborations

Michela Rosas 2 collaborations

Laura López-Cruz 1 collaboration

Carla Carratalá-Ros 1 collaboration

G Rocchitta 1 collaboration

A T Peana 1 collaboration

G Bazzu 1 collaboration

A Cossu 1 collaboration

S Carta 1 collaboration

P Arrigo 1 collaboration

A Bacciu 1 collaboration

R Migheli 1 collaboration

D Farina 1 collaboration

M Zinellu 1 collaboration

E Acquas 1 collaboration

P A Serra 1 collaboration

Pierluigi Caboni 1 collaboration

Cristina Manis 1 collaboration

Vijay P Sonar 1 collaboration

Benedetta Fois 1 collaboration

Simona Distinto 1 collaboration

Rita Meleddu 1 collaboration

Sanjay Kasture 1 collaboration

Costantino Floris 1 collaboration

Daniele Colombo 1 collaboration

Claudia Sissi 1 collaboration

Giulia Costa 1 collaboration

Maria Antonietta Casu 1 collaboration

Francesca Felicia Caputi 1 collaboration

Laura Rullo 1 collaboration

Roberto Ciccocioppo 1 collaboration

Sanzio Candeletti 1 collaboration

Patrizia Romualdi 1 collaboration

Jacopo Marongiu 1 collaboration

Gino Paolo Asuni 1 collaboration

Marianna Boi 1 collaboration

Carlotta Siddi 1 collaboration

Eleonora Loi 1 collaboration

Marta Sabariego 1 collaboration

Maria Antonietta Piludu 1 collaboration

Osvaldo Giorgi 1 collaboration

Maria G Corda 1 collaboration

Giada Lostia 1 collaboration

Grazia Galleri 1 collaboration

Gaia Rocchitta 1 collaboration

Pier Andrea Serra 1 collaboration

Ilaria Campesi 1 collaboration