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Marco Pistis

Professore Associato Confermato

SSD: BIO/14 Farmacologia


Dipartimento di Neuroscienze "B.B.Brodie"
Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato
Tel. 070675 4324-4305
Fax 0706754320
e-mail mpistis(at)unica.it




ATTIVITA' DIDATTICA

- Farmacologia (CdL Medicina e Chirurgia)
- Farmacologia (CdL Ostetricia) (dal 2008/2009)
- Neuropsicofarmacologia (Scuola di specializzazione in Farmacologia)



ATTIVITA' DI RICERCA

Neurobiologia delle dipendenze
Neurofisiologia dei farmaci d'abuso
Neurofisiologia del sistema cannabinoide endogeno


ELENCO DELLE 10 PUBBLICAZIONI CARATTERIZZANTI

1. Melis, M. and M. Pistis (2007) Endocannabinoid Signaling in Midbrain Dopamine Neurons: More than Physiology? Current Neuropharmacology,  5(4): p. 268-277.

2. Perra, S., G. Pillolla, A. Luchicchi, and M. Pistis (2007) Alcohol inhibits spontaneous activity of basolateral amygdala projection neurons in the rat: involvement of the endocannabinoid system. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research,  in press.

3. Pillolla, G., M. Melis, S. Perra, A.L. Muntoni, G.L. Gessa, and M. Pistis (2007) Medial forebrain bundle stimulation evokes endocannabinoid-mediated modulation of ventral tegmental area dopamine neuron firing in vivo. Psychopharmacology,  191(3): p. 843-853.

4. Melis, M., G. Pillolla, T. Bisogno, A. Minassi, S. Petrosino, S. Perra, A.L. Muntoni, B. Lutz, G.L. Gessa, G. Marsicano, V. Di Marzo, and M. Pistis (2006) Protective activation of the endocannabinoid system during ischemia in dopamine neurons. Neurobiol Dis,  24(1): p. 15-27.

5. Muntoni, A.L., G. Pillolla, M. Melis, S. Perra, G.L. Gessa, and M. Pistis (2006) Cannabinoids modulate spontaneous neuronal activity and evoked inhibition of locus coeruleus noradrenergic neurons. Eur J Neurosci,  23(9): p. 2385-94.

6. Perra, S., G. Pillolla, M. Melis, A.L. Muntoni, G.L. Gessa, and M. Pistis (2005) Involvement of the endogenous cannabinoid system in the effects of alcohol in the mesolimbic reward circuit: electrophysiological evidence in vivo. Psychopharmacology (Berl),  183(3): p. 368-77.

7. Melis, M., S. Perra, A.L. Muntoni, G. Pillolla, B. Lutz, G. Marsicano, V. Di Marzo, G.L. Gessa, and M. Pistis (2004) Prefrontal cortex stimulation induces 2-arachidonoyl-glycerol-mediated suppression of excitation in dopamine neurons. J Neurosci,  24(47): p. 10707-15.

8. Melis, M., M. Pistis, S. Perra, A.L. Muntoni, G. Pillolla, and G.L. Gessa (2004) Endocannabinoids mediate presynaptic inhibition of glutamatergic transmission in rat ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons through activation of CB1 receptors. J Neurosci,  24(1): p. 53-62.

9. Pistis, M., S. Perra, G. Pillolla, M. Melis, G.L. Gessa, and A.L. Muntoni (2004) Cannabinoids modulate neuronal firing in the rat basolateral amygdala: evidence for CB1- and non-CB1-mediated actions. Neuropharmacology,  46(1): p. 115-25.

10. Pistis, M., S. Perra, G. Pillolla, M. Melis, A.L. Muntoni, and G.L. Gessa (2004) Adolescent exposure to cannabinoids induces long-lasting changes in the response to drugs of abuse of rat midbrain dopamine neurons. Biol Psychiatry,  56(2): p. 86-94.