Saturnino Spiga, PhD - Publications

Affiliations: 
Univ of Cagliari 
Area:
morphology, dendritic spine, dopamine

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Year Citation  Score
2019 Boi L, Pisanu A, Greig N, Scerba MT, Tweedie D, Mulas G, Fenu S, Carboni E, Spiga S, Carta AR. Immunomodulatory drugs alleviate l-dopa-induced dyskinesia in a rat model of Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders : Official Journal of the Movement Disorder Society. PMID 31335998 DOI: 10.1002/Mds.27799  0.327
2019 Devoto P, Flore G, Saba P, Scheggi S, Mulas G, Gambarana C, Spiga S, Gessa GL. Noradrenergic terminals are the primary source of α-adrenoceptor mediated dopamine release in the medial prefrontal cortex. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry. 90: 97-103. PMID 30472147 DOI: 10.1016/J.Pnpbp.2018.11.015  0.382
2018 Cannizzaro C, Talani G, Brancato A, Mulas G, Spiga S, Antonietta De Luca M, Sanna A, Anna Maria Marino R, Biggio G, Sanna E, Diana M. Dopamine restores limbic memory loss, dendritic spine structure and NMDAR-dependent LTD in the nucleus accumbens of alcohol-withdrawn rats. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. PMID 30446531 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.1377-18.2018  0.565
2018 Pisanu A, Boi L, Mulas G, Spiga S, Fenu S, Carta AR. Neuroinflammation in L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia: beyond the immune function. Journal of Neural Transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996). PMID 29541852 DOI: 10.1007/S00702-018-1874-4  0.394
2016 Mulas G, Espa E, Fenu S, Spiga S, Cossu G, Pillai E, Carboni E, Simbula G, Jadžić D, Angius F, Spolittu S, Batetta B, Lecca D, Giuffrida A, Carta AR. Differential induction of dyskinesia and neuroinflammation by pulsatile versus continuous l-DOPA delivery in the 6-OHDA model of Parkinson's disease. Experimental Neurology. 286: 83-92. PMID 27697481 DOI: 10.1016/J.Expneurol.2016.09.013  0.347
2016 Castelli MP, Spiga S, Perra A, Madeddu C, Mulas G, Ennas MG, Gessa GL. α2A adrenergic receptors highly expressed in mesoprefrontal dopamine neurons. Neuroscience. PMID 27365174 DOI: 10.1016/J.Neuroscience.2016.06.037  0.432
2016 Enrico P, Migliore M, Spiga S, Mulas G, Caboni F, Diana M. Morphofunctional alterations in ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons in acute and prolonged opiates withdrawal. A computational perspective. Neuroscience. PMID 26899424 DOI: 10.1016/J.Neuroscience.2016.02.006  0.6
2014 Spiga S, Mulas G, Piras F, Diana M. The "addicted" spine. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 8: 110. PMID 25324733 DOI: 10.3389/Fnana.2014.00110  0.583
2014 Melis M, Sagheddu C, De Felice M, Casti A, Madeddu C, Spiga S, Muntoni AL, Mackie K, Marsicano G, Colombo G, Castelli MP, Pistis M. Enhanced endocannabinoid-mediated modulation of rostromedial tegmental nucleus drive onto dopamine neurons in Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 34: 12716-24. PMID 25232109 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.1844-14.2014  0.433
2014 Spiga S, Talani G, Mulas G, Licheri V, Fois GR, Muggironi G, Masala N, Cannizzaro C, Biggio G, Sanna E, Diana M. Hampered long-term depression and thin spine loss in the nucleus accumbens of ethanol-dependent rats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111: E3745-54. PMID 25122682 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1406768111  0.557
2014 Quaranta P, Antonini S, Spiga S, Mazzanti B, Curcio M, Mulas G, Diana M, Marzola P, Mosca F, Longoni B. Co-transplantation of endothelial progenitor cells and pancreatic islets to induce long-lasting normoglycemia in streptozotocin-treated diabetic rats. Plos One. 9: e94783. PMID 24733186 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0094783  0.449
2013 Carta AR, Carboni E, Spiga S. The MPTP/probenecid model of progressive Parkinson's disease. Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 964: 295-308. PMID 23296790 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-251-3_17  0.335
2011 Spiga S, Lintas A, Diana M. Altered Mesolimbic Dopamine System in THC Dependence. Current Neuropharmacology. 9: 200-4. PMID 21886590 DOI: 10.2174/157015911795017083  0.621
2011 Carta AR, Frau L, Pisanu A, Wardas J, Spiga S, Carboni E. Rosiglitazone decreases peroxisome proliferator receptor-γ levels in microglia and inhibits TNF-α production: new evidences on neuroprotection in a progressive Parkinson's disease model. Neuroscience. 194: 250-61. PMID 21839812 DOI: 10.1016/J.Neuroscience.2011.07.046  0.398
2011 Spiga S, Acquas E, Puddu MC, Mulas G, Lintas A, Diana M. Simultaneous Golgi-Cox and immunofluorescence using confocal microscopy. Brain Structure & Function. 216: 171-82. PMID 21461741 DOI: 10.1007/S00429-011-0312-2  0.507
2010 Vinci S, Ibba F, Longoni R, Spina L, Spiga S, Acquas E. Acetaldehyde elicits ERK phosphorylation in the rat nucleus accumbens and extended amygdala. Synapse (New York, N.Y.). 64: 916-27. PMID 20506324 DOI: 10.1002/Syn.20811  0.347
2010 Spiga S, Lintas A, Migliore M, Diana M. Altered architecture and functional consequences of the mesolimbic dopamine system in cannabis dependence. Addiction Biology. 15: 266-76. PMID 20477755 DOI: 10.1111/J.1369-1600.2010.00218.X  0.622
2010 Spina L, Longoni R, Vinci S, Ibba F, Peana AT, Muggironi G, Spiga S, Acquas E. Role of dopamine D1 receptors and extracellular signal regulated kinase in the motivational properties of acetaldehyde as assessed by place preference conditioning. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. 34: 607-16. PMID 20102564 DOI: 10.1111/J.1530-0277.2009.01129.X  0.362
2010 Acquas E, Vinci S, Ibba F, Spiga S, De Luca MA, Di Chiara G. Role of dopamine D(1) receptors in caffeine-mediated ERK phosphorylation in the rat brain. Synapse (New York, N.Y.). 64: 341-9. PMID 20029831 DOI: 10.1002/Syn.20732  0.382
2009 Ibba F, Vinci S, Spiga S, Peana AT, Assaretti AR, Spina L, Longoni R, Acquas E. Ethanol-induced extracellular signal regulated kinase: role of dopamine D1 receptors. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. 33: 858-67. PMID 19320634 DOI: 10.1111/J.1530-0277.2009.00907.X  0.392
2008 Spiga S, Lintas A, Diana M. Addiction and cognitive functions. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1139: 299-306. PMID 18991875 DOI: 10.1196/Annals.1432.008  0.534
2007 Acquas E, Pisanu A, Spiga S, Plumitallo A, Zernig G, Di Chiara G. 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. Journal of Neurochemistry. 102: 121-32. PMID 17564678 DOI: 10.1111/J.1471-4159.2007.04451.X  0.325
2006 Diana M, Spiga S, Acquas E. Persistent and reversible morphine withdrawal-induced morphological changes in the nucleus accumbens. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1074: 446-57. PMID 17105943 DOI: 10.1196/Annals.1369.045  0.598
2006 Lecca D, Cacciapaglia F, Valentini V, Gronli J, Spiga S, Di Chiara G. Preferential increase of extracellular dopamine in the rat nucleus accumbens shell as compared to that in the core during acquisition and maintenance of intravenous nicotine self-administration. Psychopharmacology. 184: 435-46. PMID 16397746 DOI: 10.1007/S00213-005-0280-4  0.361
2006 Pirastu R, Fais R, Messina M, Bini V, Spiga S, Falconieri D, Diana M. Impaired decision-making in opiate-dependent subjects: effect of pharmacological therapies. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 83: 163-8. PMID 16343811 DOI: 10.1016/J.Drugalcdep.2005.11.008  0.479
2005 Spiga S, Puddu MC, Pisano M, Diana M. Morphine withdrawal-induced morphological changes in the nucleus accumbens. The European Journal of Neuroscience. 22: 2332-40. PMID 16262671 DOI: 10.1111/J.1460-9568.2005.04416.X  0.592
2005 Melis M, Spiga S, Diana M. The dopamine hypothesis of drug addiction: hypodopaminergic state. International Review of Neurobiology. 63: 101-54. PMID 15797467 DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(05)63005-X  0.555
2004 Foddai M, Dosia G, Spiga S, Diana M. Acetaldehyde increases dopaminergic neuronal activity in the VTA. Neuropsychopharmacology : Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. 29: 530-6. PMID 14973432 DOI: 10.1038/Sj.Npp.1300326  0.576
2003 Sanna E, Mostallino MC, Busonero F, Talani G, Tranquilli S, Mameli M, Spiga S, Follesa P, Biggio G. Changes in GABA(A) receptor gene expression associated with selective alterations in receptor function and pharmacology after ethanol withdrawal. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 23: 11711-24. PMID 14684873 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.23-37-11711.2003  0.306
2003 Diana M, Brodie M, Muntoni A, Puddu MC, Pillolla G, Steffensen S, Spiga S, Little HJ. Enduring effects of chronic ethanol in the CNS: basis for alcoholism. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. 27: 354-61. PMID 12605085 DOI: 10.1097/01.Alc.0000057121.36127.19  0.602
2003 Spiga S, Serra GP, Puddu MC, Foddai M, Diana M. Morphine withdrawal-induced abnormalities in the VTA: confocal laser scanning microscopy. The European Journal of Neuroscience. 17: 605-12. PMID 12581178 DOI: 10.1046/J.1460-9568.2003.02435.X  0.566
2002 Spiga S, Fattore L, Puddu MC, Cappai A, Picciau S, Brotzu G, Serra GP, Petruzzo P. Use of biocytin as neuroanatomic tracer in harvested human pancreas: a confocal laser scanning microscopy analysis. Pancreas. 24: 329-35. PMID 11961484 DOI: 10.1097/00006676-200205000-00002  0.321
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