# Elio Acquas

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/elio-acquas/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 6,212 |
| Field | Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior |
| h-index | 42 |
| i10-index | 84 |
| Last Known Institution | University of Cagliari |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5011745663 |
| ORCID iD | 0000-0002-4783-9319 |
| Works | 158 |

## Researcher papers

Showing 12 of 13.

- [Dopamine and drug addiction: the nucleus accumbens shell connection](https://scholariq.org/papers/dopamine-and-drug-addiction-the-nucleus-accumbens-shell-connection/)
- [Conditioned and Unconditioned Stimuli Increase Frontal Cortical and Hippocampal Acetylcholine Release: Effects of Novelty, Habituation, and Fear](https://scholariq.org/papers/conditioned-and-unconditioned-stimuli-increase-frontal-cortical-and-hippocampal/)
- [Differential inhibitory effects of a 5-HT3 antagonist on drug-induced stimulation of dopamine release](https://scholariq.org/papers/differential-inhibitory-effects-of-a-5-ht3-antagonist-on-drug-induced/)
- [Drug Addiction as a Disorder of Associative Learning: Role of Nucleus Accumbens Shell/Extended Amygdala Dopamine](https://scholariq.org/papers/drug-addiction-as-a-disorder-of-associative-learning-role-of-nucleus-accumbens/)
- [Depression of Mesolimbic Dopamine Transmission and Sensitization to Morphine During Opiate Abstinence](https://scholariq.org/papers/depression-of-mesolimbic-dopamine-transmission-and-sensitization-to-morphine/)
- [SCH 23390 blocks drug-conditioned place-preference and place-aversion: anhedonia (lack of reward) or apathy (lack of motivation) after dopamine-receptor blockade?](https://scholariq.org/papers/sch-23390-blocks-drug-conditioned-place-preference-and-place-aversion-anhedonia/)
- [Differential Effects of Caffeine on Dopamine and Acetylcholine Transmission in Brain Areas of Drug-naive and Caffeine-pretreated Rats](https://scholariq.org/papers/differential-effects-of-caffeine-on-dopamine-and-acetylcholine-transmission-in/)
- [5HT3 receptor antagonists block morphine- and nicotine-but not amphetamine-induced reward](https://scholariq.org/papers/5ht3-receptor-antagonists-block-morphine-and-nicotine-but-not-amphetamine/)
- [Behavioural sensitization after repeated exposure to Δ 9 -tetrahydrocannabinol and cross-sensitization with morphine](https://scholariq.org/papers/behavioural-sensitization-after-repeated-exposure-to-9-tetrahydrocannabinol-and/)
- [Profound depression of mesolimbic dopamine release after morphine withdrawal in dependent rats](https://scholariq.org/papers/profound-depression-of-mesolimbic-dopamine-release-after-morphine-withdrawal-in/)
- [Role of Dopamine D<sub>1</sub> Receptors and Extracellular Signal Regulated Kinase in the Motivational Properties of Acetaldehyde as Assessed by Place Preference Conditioning](https://scholariq.org/papers/role-of-dopamine-d-sub-1-sub-receptors-and-extracellular-signal-regulated-kinase/)
- [Effect of opioid receptor blockade on acetaldehyde self-administration and ERK phosphorylation in the rat nucleus accumbens](https://scholariq.org/papers/effect-of-opioid-receptor-blockade-on-acetaldehyde-self-administration-and-erk/)

## Researcher topics

- [Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior](https://scholariq.org/topics/neurotransmitter-receptor-influence-on-behavior/)
- [Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research](https://scholariq.org/topics/neuroscience-and-neuropharmacology-research/)
- [Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling](https://scholariq.org/topics/receptor-mechanisms-and-signaling/)
- [Memory and Neural Mechanisms](https://scholariq.org/topics/memory-and-neural-mechanisms/)
- [Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research](https://scholariq.org/topics/cannabis-and-cannabinoid-research/)

## Researcher university

- [University of Cagliari](https://scholariq.org/institutions/university-of-cagliari/)

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