Luigi Pulvirenti
Professor
Neuroscience
The Scripps Research University
France
Biography
Professor-Department of Neuroscience California Campus , researcher, profesor and graduate programmer in Scripps ,obtained Ph.D in neuroscience and has many on going publications and researches under his guidance.
Research Interest
Mainly focused in understanding the behavioural changes,and neurons activity ,aging and addiction towards drugs, alcohol .
Publications
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Hoefer, M. E., Voskanian, S. J., Koob, G. F. & Pulvirenti, L. Effects of terguride, ropinirole, and acetyl-l-carnitine on methamphetamine withdrawal in the rat. (2006). Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 83(3), 403-409.
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Wee, S., Wang, Z., Woolverton, W. L., Pulvirenti, L. & Koob, G. F. Effect of aripiprazole, a partial dopamine d-2 receptor agonist, on increased rate of methamphetamine self-administration in rats with prolonged session duration. (2007). Neuropsychopharmacology, 32(10), 2238-2247. PMCID: PMC2747088.
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Orio, L., Wee, S., Newman, A. H., Pulvirenti, L. & Koob, G. F. The dopamine d3 receptor partial agonist cjb090 and antagonist pg01037 decrease progressive ratio responding for methamphetamine in rats with extended-access. (2010). Addiction Biology, 15(3), 312-323. PMCID: PMC2903631.
