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Francesco E. Pontieri
Researcher at Sapienza University of Rome
Publications - 140
Citations - 8326
Francesco E. Pontieri is an academic researcher from Sapienza University of Rome. The author has contributed to research in topics: Parkinson's disease & Dopaminergic. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 128 publications receiving 7542 citations. Previous affiliations of Francesco E. Pontieri include National Institutes of Health & University of Cagliari.
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The PRIAMO study: A multicenter assessment of nonmotor symptoms and their impact on quality of life in Parkinson's disease
Paolo Barone,Angelo Antonini,Carlo Colosimo,Roberto Marconi,Letterio Morgante,Tania P. Avarello,Eugenio Bottacchi,Antonino Cannas,Gabriella Ceravolo,Roberto Ceravolo,Giulio Cicarelli,Roberto M. Gaglio,Rosa M. Giglia,Francesco Iemolo,M. Manfredi,Giuseppe Meco,Alessandra Nicoletti,Massimo Pederzoli,Alfredo Petrone,Antonio Pisani,Francesco E. Pontieri,Rocco Quatrale,Silvia Ramat,Rosanna Scala,Giuseppe Volpe,Salvatore Zappulla,Anna Rita Bentivoglio,Fabrizio Stocchi,Giorgio Trianni,Paolo Del Dotto +29 more
TL;DR: A key role for NMS in the clinical frame of PD is supported and the need to address them specifically in clinical trials using dedicated scales is addressed.
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Effects of nicotine on the nucleus accumbens and similarity to those of addictive drugs
TL;DR: It is reported that intravenous nicotine in the rat, at doses known to maintain self-administration, stimulates local energy metabolism, as measured by 2-deoxyglucose autoradiography, and dopamine transmission, as estimated by brain microdialysis, in the shell of the nucleus accumbens.
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Cannabinoid and Heroin Activation of Mesolimbic Dopamine Transmission by a Common µ1 Opioid Receptor Mechanism
TL;DR: Delta9-THC and heroin exert similar effects on mesolimbic dopamine transmission through a common mu1 opioid receptor mechanism located in the ventral mesencephalic tegmentum.
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Intravenous cocaine, morphine, and amphetamine preferentially increase extracellular dopamine in the "shell" as compared with the "core" of the rat nucleus accumbens
TL;DR: In vivo neurochemical evidence is provided for a functional compartmentation within the nucleus accumbens and for a preferential effect of psychostimulants and morphine in the shell of the nucleus Accumbens at doses known to sustain intravenous drug self-administration.
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Magnetic resonance imaging markers of Parkinson’s disease nigrostriatal signature
Patrice Péran,Andrea Cherubini,Francesca Assogna,Fabrizio Piras,Carlo Cosimo Quattrocchi,Antonella Peppe,Pierre Celsis,Olivier Rascol,Olivier Rascol,Jean-François Démonet,Alessandro Stefani,Mariangela Pierantozzi,Francesco E. Pontieri,Carlo Caltagirone,Gianfranco Spalletta,Umberto Sabatini +15 more
TL;DR: Parkinson-associated physiopathological modifications were characterized in six subcortical structures by simultaneously measuring quantitative magnetic resonance parameters sensitive to complementary tissue characteristics, demonstrating that multimodal magnetic resonance imaging of sub cortical grey matter structures is useful for the evaluation of Parkinson's disease and, possibly, of other subcortsical pathologies.