# Saturnino Spiga

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/saturnino-spiga/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 2,893 |
| Field | Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior |
| h-index | 31 |
| i10-index | 41 |
| Last Known Institution | University of Cagliari |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5088344715 |
| ORCID iD | 0000-0003-2561-0174 |
| Works | 103 |

## Researcher papers

- [Dynamic changes in pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in microglia after PPAR-γ agonist neuroprotective treatment in the MPTPp mouse model of progressive Parkinson's disease](https://scholariq.org/papers/dynamic-changes-in-pro-and-anti-inflammatory-cytokines-in-microglia-after-ppar/)
- [The Dopamine Hypothesis of Drug Addiction: Hypodopaminergic State](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-dopamine-hypothesis-of-drug-addiction-hypodopaminergic-state/)
- [Acetaldehyde Increases Dopaminergic Neuronal Activity in the VTA](https://scholariq.org/papers/acetaldehyde-increases-dopaminergic-neuronal-activity-in-the-vta/)
- [Impaired decision-making in opiate-dependent subjects: Effect of pharmacological therapies](https://scholariq.org/papers/impaired-decision-making-in-opiate-dependent-subjects-effect-of-pharmacological/)
- [Rosiglitazone decreases peroxisome proliferator receptor-gamma levels in microglia and inhibits TNF-alpha production: new evidences on neuroprotection in a progressive Parkinson's disease model](https://scholariq.org/papers/rosiglitazone-decreases-peroxisome-proliferator-receptor-gamma-levels-in/)
- [Changes in GABA<sub>A</sub>Receptor Gene Expression Associated with Selective Alterations in Receptor Function and Pharmacology after Ethanol Withdrawal](https://scholariq.org/papers/changes-in-gaba-sub-a-sub-receptor-gene-expression-associated-with-selective/)
- [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](https://scholariq.org/papers/preferential-increase-of-extracellular-dopamine-in-the-rat-nucleus-accumbens/)
- [Astroglial in vivo response to cocaine in mouse dentate gyrus: a quantitative and qualitative analysis by confocal microscopy](https://scholariq.org/papers/astroglial-in-vivo-response-to-cocaine-in-mouse-dentate-gyrus-a-quantitative-and/)
- [Differential induction of dyskinesia and neuroinflammation by pulsatile versus continuous l -DOPA delivery in the 6-OHDA model of Parkinson's disease](https://scholariq.org/papers/differential-induction-of-dyskinesia-and-neuroinflammation-by-pulsatile-versus/)
- [Hampered long-term depression and thin spine loss in the nucleus accumbens of ethanol-dependent rats](https://scholariq.org/papers/hampered-long-term-depression-and-thin-spine-loss-in-the-nucleus-accumbens-of/)
- [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/)
- [Acetaldehyde elicits ERK phosphorylation in the rat nucleus accumbens and extended amygdala](https://scholariq.org/papers/acetaldehyde-elicits-erk-phosphorylation-in-the-rat-nucleus-accumbens-and/)

## 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/)
- [Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments](https://scholariq.org/topics/parkinson-s-disease-mechanisms-and-treatments/)
- [Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms](https://scholariq.org/topics/neuroinflammation-and-neurodegeneration-mechanisms/)
- [Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling](https://scholariq.org/topics/receptor-mechanisms-and-signaling/)

## Researcher university

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

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