Colombo Giancarlo
Director of research
Department of Neuroscience
Institute of Neuroscience Italy
Italy
Biography
Colombo Giancarlo, is currently working as a Director of research in the department of Neuroscience, in the Institute of Neuroscience Italy. Research laboratories
Research Interest
- Investigation of the role of the GABAB receptor in the mediation of the central effects of alcohol - Investigation of the neurochemical and behavioral bases underlying alcohol use disorder - Identification of novel pharmacotherapies for alcohol use disorder - Set up and validation of animal and experimental models of alcohol use disorder - Investigation of the neurobiological bases underlying food and drug addiction"
Publications
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Colombo G., Maccioni P., Acciaro C., Lobina C., Loi B., Zaru A., Carai M.A.M., Gessa G.L., Binge drinking in alcohol-preferring sP rats at the end of the nocturnal period. Alcohol 48(3): 301-311, 2014.
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Maccioni P., Vargiolu D., Thomas A.W., Malherbe P., Mugnaini C., Corelli F., Leite-Morris K.A., Gessa G.L., Colombo G. , Inhibition of alcohol self-administration by positive allosteric modulators of the GABAB receptor in rats: Lack of tolerance and potentiation of baclofen. Psychopharmacology 232:1831-1841, 2015.
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"Maccioni P., Lorrai I., Marras M.F., Contini A., Capra A., Piras G., Caboni P., Gessa G.L., Colombo G., Elevated reinforcing and motivational properties of alcohol at the end of the nocturnal period in sP rats. Psychopharmacology 232:3585-3595, 2015.
