Cadoni Cristina
Research scientist
Department of Neuroscience
Institute of Neuroscience Italy
Italy
Biography
Cadoni Cristina,currently work as a Research Scientist in the Department of Neuroscience in the Institute of Neuroscience Italy
Research Interest
Influence of genetic background on the development of alcohol and drug dependence and related neurochemical adaptive changes. Adolescence as a critical phase of brain development: differences between adults and adolescents in the long term effects of acute and repeated exposure to drugs of abuse. Stress responsiveness as a factor of vulnerability to addiction. Role of dopamine in motivated behavior.
Publications
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Pisanu A, Lecca D, Valentini V, Bahi A, Dreyer JL, Cacciapaglia F, Scifo A, Piras G, Cadoni C, Di Chiara G. (2015). Impairment of acquisition of intravenous cocaine self-administration by RNA-interference of dopamine D1-receptors in the nucleus accumbens shell. Neuropharmacology 89:398-411.
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Cadoni C (2016). Fischer 344 and Lewis Rat Strains as a Model of Genetic Vulnerability to Drug Addiction. Front Neurosci. 10:13. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2016.00013. eCollection 2016.
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De Luca MA, Di Chiara G, Cadoni C, Lecca D, Orsolini L, Papanti D, Corkery J, Schifano F (2017). Cannabis; epidemiological, neurobiological and psychopathological issues: an update. CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets. 2017 Apr 13. doi: 10.2174/1871527316666170413113246. [Epub ahead of print]
