Graziano Pinna
Psychiatric Institute
Department of Psychiatry
College of Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago
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- Up-regulation of neurosteroid biosynthesis as a pharmacological strategy to improve behavioural deficits in a putative mouse model of post-traumatic stress disorder. Pinna, G., Rasmusson, A.M. J. Neuroendocrinol. (2012)
- In a mouse model relevant for post-traumatic stress disorder, selective brain steroidogenic stimulants (SBSS) improve behavioral deficits by normalizing allopregnanolone biosynthesis. Pinna, G. Behav. Pharmacol (2010)
- SSRIs act as selective brain steroidogenic stimulants (SBSSs) at low doses that are inactive on 5-HT reuptake. Pinna, G., Costa, E., Guidotti, A. Curr. Opin. Pharmacol (2009)
- Neurosteroid biosynthesis regulates sexually dimorphic fear and aggressive behavior in mice. Pinna, G., Agis-Balboa, R.C., Pibiri, F., Nelson, M., Guidotti, A., Costa, E. Neurochem. Res. (2008)
- Fluoxetine and norfluoxetine stereospecifically and selectively increase brain neurosteroid content at doses that are inactive on 5-HT reuptake. Pinna, G., Costa, E., Guidotti, A. Psychopharmacology (Berl.) (2006)
- Imidazenil and diazepam increase locomotor activity in mice exposed to protracted social isolation. Pinna, G., Agis-Balboa, R.C., Zhubi, A., Matsumoto, K., Grayson, D.R., Costa, E., Guidotti, A. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2006)
- Changes in brain testosterone and allopregnanolone biosynthesis elicit aggressive behavior. Pinna, G., Costa, E., Guidotti, A. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2005)
- Brain neurosteroids in gender-related aggression induced by social isolation. Pinna, G., Agis-Balboa, R.C., Doueiri, M.S., Guidotti, A., Costa, E. Crit. Rev. Neurobiol (2004)