Patrizia Porcu - Publications

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2004-2009 Psychiatry University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 

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2020 Boero G, Porcu P, Morrow AL. Pleiotropic actions of allopregnanolone underlie therapeutic benefits in stress-related disease. Neurobiology of Stress. 12: 100203. PMID 31879693 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ynstr.2019.100203  0.77
2019 Morrow AL, Boero G, Porcu P. A Rationale for Allopregnanolone Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders: Basic and Clinical Studies. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. PMID 31782169 DOI: 10.1111/Acer.14253  0.759
2019 Pisu MG, Boero G, Garau A, Casula C, Cisci S, Biggio F, Concas A, Follesa P, Maciocco E, Porcu P, Serra M. Are preconceptional stressful experiences crucial elements for the aetiology of autism spectrum disorder? Insights from an animal model. Neuropharmacology. 157: 107686. PMID 31247268 DOI: 10.1016/J.Neuropharm.2019.107686  0.75
2018 Boero G, Pisu MG, Biggio F, Muredda L, Carta G, Banni S, Paci E, Follesa P, Concas A, Porcu P, Serra M. Impaired glucocorticoid-mediated HPA axis negative feedback induced by juvenile social isolation in male rats. Neuropharmacology. 133: 242-253. PMID 29407214 DOI: 10.1016/J.Neuropharm.2018.01.045  0.764
2018 Boero G, Biggio F, Pisu MG, Locci V, Porcu P, Serra M. Combined effect of gestational stress and postpartum stress on maternal care in rats. Physiology & Behavior. 184: 172-178. PMID 29179996 DOI: 10.1016/J.Physbeh.2017.11.027  0.735
2017 Beattie MC, Reguyal CS, Porcu P, Daunais JB, Grant KA, Morrow AL. Neuroactive Steroid (3α,5α)3-hydroxypregnan-20-one (3α,5α-THP) and Pro-inflammatory Cytokine MCP-1 Levels in Hippocampus CA1 are Correlated with Voluntary Ethanol Consumption in Cynomolgus Monkey. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. PMID 29112774 DOI: 10.1111/Acer.13545  0.718
2017 Pisu MG, Boero G, Biggio F, Garau A, Corda D, Congiu M, Concas A, Porcu P, Serra M. Juvenile social isolation affects maternal care in rats: involvement of allopregnanolone. Psychopharmacology. PMID 28623385 DOI: 10.1007/S00213-017-4661-2  0.746
2017 Jimenez VA, Porcu P, Morrow AL, Grant KA. Adaptations in Basal and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal-Activated Deoxycorticosterone Responses Following Ethanol Self-administration in Cynomolgus Monkeys. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 8: 19. PMID 28220108 DOI: 10.3389/Fendo.2017.00019  0.613
2016 Porcu P, Lallai V, Locci A, Catzeddu S, Serra V, Pisu MG, Serra M, Dazzi L, Concas A. Changes in stress-stimulated allopregnanolone levels induced by neonatal estradiol treatment are associated with enhanced dopamine release in adult female rats: reversal by progesterone administration. Psychopharmacology. PMID 28013353 DOI: 10.1007/S00213-016-4511-7  0.365
2016 Porcu P, O'Buckley TK, Lopez MF, Becker HC, Miles MF, Williams RW, Morrow AL. Initial genetic dissection of serum neuroactive steroids following chronic intermittent ethanol across BXD mouse strains. Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.). PMID 27884493 DOI: 10.1016/J.Alcohol.2016.07.011  0.571
2016 Locci A, Porcu P, Talani G, Santoru F, Berretti R, Giunti E, Licheri V, Sanna E, Concas A. Neonatal estradiol exposure to female rats changes GABAA receptor expression and function, and spatial learning during adulthood. Hormones and Behavior. PMID 27769760 DOI: 10.1016/J.Yhbeh.2016.10.005  0.398
2016 Concas A, Imperatore R, Santoru F, Locci A, Porcu P, Cristino L, Pierobon P. Immunochemical Localization of GABAA Receptor Subunits in the Freshwater Polyp Hydra vulgaris (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Neurochemical Research. PMID 27450241 DOI: 10.1007/S11064-016-2010-1  0.322
2016 Pisu MG, Garau A, Boero G, Biggio F, Pibiri V, Dore R, Locci V, Paci E, Porcu P, Serra M. Sex differences in the outcome of juvenile social isolation on HPA axis function in rats. Neuroscience. 320: 172-82. PMID 26868968 DOI: 10.1016/J.Neuroscience.2016.02.009  0.762
2016 Werner DF, Porcu P, Boyd KN, O'Buckley TK, Carter JM, Kumar S, Morrow AL. Ethanol-induced GABAA receptor alpha4 subunit plasticity involves phosphorylation and neuroactive steroids. Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences. PMID 26805653 DOI: 10.1016/J.Mcn.2016.01.002  0.784
2016 Pisu MG, Garau A, Boero G, Biggio F, Pibiri V, Dore R, Locci V, Paci E, Porcu P, Serra M. Sex differences in the outcome of juvenile social isolation on HPA axis function in rats Neuroscience. 320: 172-182. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.02.009  0.72
2015 Porcu P, Barron AM, Frye CA, Walf AA, Yang SY, He XY, Morrow AL, Panzica GC, Melcangi RC. Neurosteroidogenesis today: Novel targets for neuroactive steroid synthesis and action and their relevance for translational research. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. PMID 26681259 DOI: 10.1111/Jne.12351  0.547
2015 Beattie MC, Maldonado-Devincci AM, Porcu P, O'Buckley TK, Daunais JB, Grant KA, Morrow AL. Voluntary ethanol consumption reduces GABAergic neuroactive steroid (3α,5α)3-hydroxypregnan-20-one (3α,5α-THP) in the amygdala of the cynomolgus monkey. Addiction Biology. PMID 26625954 DOI: 10.1111/Adb.12326  0.773
2014 Porcu P, Morrow AL. Divergent neuroactive steroid responses to stress and ethanol in rat and mouse strains: relevance for human studies. Psychopharmacology. 231: 3257-72. PMID 24770626 DOI: 10.1007/S00213-014-3564-8  0.591
2014 Cook JB, Werner DF, Maldonado-Devincci AM, Leonard MN, Fisher KR, O'Buckley TK, Porcu P, McCown TJ, Besheer J, Hodge CW, Morrow AL. Overexpression of the steroidogenic enzyme cytochrome P450 side chain cleavage in the ventral tegmental area increases 3α,5α-THP and reduces long-term operant ethanol self-administration. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 34: 5824-34. PMID 24760842 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.4733-13.2014  0.754
2014 Santoru F, Berretti R, Locci A, Porcu P, Concas A. Decreased allopregnanolone induced by hormonal contraceptives is associated with a reduction in social behavior and sexual motivation in female rats. Psychopharmacology. 231: 3351-64. PMID 24728651 DOI: 10.1007/S00213-014-3539-9  0.32
2014 Porcu P, Locci A, Santoru F, Berretti R, Morrow AL, Concas A. Failure of acute ethanol administration to alter cerebrocortical and hippocampal allopregnanolone levels in C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. 38: 948-58. PMID 24428156 DOI: 10.1111/Acer.12329  0.585
2014 Berretti R, Santoru F, Locci A, Sogliano C, Calza A, Choleris E, Porcu P, Concas A. Neonatal exposure to estradiol decreases hypothalamic allopregnanolone concentrations and alters agonistic and sexual but not affective behavior in adult female rats. Hormones and Behavior. 65: 142-53. PMID 24368289 DOI: 10.1016/J.Yhbeh.2013.12.009  0.354
2012 Porcu P, Mostallino MC, Sogliano C, Santoru F, Berretti R, Concas A. Long-term administration with levonorgestrel decreases allopregnanolone levels and alters GABA(A) receptor subunit expression and anxiety-like behavior. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior. 102: 366-72. PMID 22634062 DOI: 10.1016/J.Pbb.2012.05.011  0.381
2012 Girdler SS, Lindgren M, Porcu P, Rubinow DR, Johnson JL, Morrow AL. A history of depression in women is associated with an altered GABAergic neuroactive steroid profile. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 37: 543-53. PMID 21890277 DOI: 10.1016/J.Psyneuen.2011.08.004  0.483
2012 Berretti R, Santoru F, Porcu P, Loche L, Corona A, Biggio G, Concas A. P.2.011 Decreased levels of allopregnanolone induced by oral contraceptives are associated with a reduction in social behaviour and sexual motivation in rats European Neuropsychopharmacology. 22. DOI: 10.1016/S0924-977X(12)70043-3  0.317
2011 Porcu P, O'Buckley TK, Song SC, Harenza JL, Lu L, Wang X, Williams RW, Miles MF, Morrow AL. Genetic analysis of the neurosteroid deoxycorticosterone and its relation to alcohol phenotypes: identification of QTLs and downstream gene regulation. Plos One. 6: e18405. PMID 21494628 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0018405  0.579
2010 Porcu P, O'Buckley TK, Alward SE, Song SC, Grant KA, de Wit H, Leslie Morrow A. Differential effects of ethanol on serum GABAergic 3alpha,5alpha/3alpha,5beta neuroactive steroids in mice, rats, cynomolgus monkeys, and humans. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. 34: 432-42. PMID 20028362 DOI: 10.1111/J.1530-0277.2009.01123.X  0.402
2010 Boyd KN, Kumar S, O'Buckley TK, Porcu P, Morrow AL. Ethanol induction of steroidogenesis in rat adrenal and brain is dependent upon pituitary ACTH release and de novo adrenal StAR synthesis. Journal of Neurochemistry. 112: 784-96. PMID 20021565 DOI: 10.1111/J.1471-4159.2009.06509.X  0.744
2009 Morrow AL, Biggio G, Serra M, Becker HC, Lopez MF, Porcu P, Alward SE, O'Buckley TK. The role of neuroactive steroids in ethanol/stress interactions: proceedings of symposium VII at the Volterra conference on alcohol and stress, May 2008. Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.). 43: 521-30. PMID 19913195 DOI: 10.1016/J.Alcohol.2009.04.002  0.626
2009 Kumar S, Porcu P, Werner DF, Matthews DB, Diaz-Granados JL, Helfand RS, Morrow AL. The role of GABA(A) receptors in the acute and chronic effects of ethanol: a decade of progress. Psychopharmacology. 205: 529-64. PMID 19455309 DOI: 10.1007/S00213-009-1562-Z  0.765
2009 Marx CE, Keefe RS, Buchanan RW, Hamer RM, Kilts JD, Bradford DW, Strauss JL, Naylor JC, Payne VM, Lieberman JA, Savitz AJ, Leimone LA, Dunn L, Porcu P, Morrow AL, et al. Proof-of-concept trial with the neurosteroid pregnenolone targeting cognitive and negative symptoms in schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology : Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. 34: 1885-903. PMID 19339966 DOI: 10.1038/Npp.2009.26  0.625
2009 Porcu P, O'Buckley TK, Alward SE, Marx CE, Shampine LJ, Girdler SS, Morrow AL. Simultaneous quantification of GABAergic 3alpha,5alpha/3alpha,5beta neuroactive steroids in human and rat serum. Steroids. 74: 463-73. PMID 19171160 DOI: 10.1016/J.Steroids.2008.12.015  0.621
2008 Porcu P, O'Buckley TK, Leslie Morrow A, Adinoff B. Differential hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activation of the neuroactive steroids pregnenolone sulfate and deoxycorticosterone in healthy controls and alcohol-dependent subjects. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 33: 214-26. PMID 18096321 DOI: 10.1016/J.Psyneuen.2007.11.003  0.39
2008 Morrow A, Boyd K, Porcu P. S.24.05 Neurosteroids mediate alcohol sensitivity: mechanisms and therapeutic relevance European Neuropsychopharmacology. 18: S192. DOI: 10.1016/S0924-977X(08)70210-4  0.604
2007 Sassoè-Pognetto M, Follesa P, Panzanelli P, Perazzini AZ, Porcu P, Sogliano C, Cherchi C, Concas A. Fluctuations in brain concentrations of neurosteroids are not associated to changes in gephyrin levels. Brain Research. 1169: 1-8. PMID 17698049 DOI: 10.1016/J.Brainres.2007.06.057  0.324
2006 Morrow AL, Porcu P, Boyd KN, Grant KA. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis modulation of GABAergic neuroactive steroids influences ethanol sensitivity and drinking behavior. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience. 8: 463-77. PMID 17290803  0.747
2006 Porcu P, Rogers LS, Morrow AL, Grant KA. Plasma pregnenolone levels in cynomolgus monkeys following pharmacological challenges of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior. 84: 618-27. PMID 16790266 DOI: 10.1016/J.Pbb.2006.05.004  0.602
2006 Concas A, Sogliano C, Porcu P, Marra C, Brundu A, Biggio G. Neurosteroids in nicotine and morphine dependence. Psychopharmacology. 186: 281-92. PMID 16133140 DOI: 10.1007/S00213-005-0111-7  0.319
2006 Porcu P, Grant KA, Green HL, Rogers LS, Morrow AL. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and ethanol modulation of deoxycorticosterone levels in cynomolgus monkeys. Psychopharmacology. 186: 293-301. PMID 16133132 DOI: 10.1007/S00213-005-0132-2  0.599
2005 Shannon EE, Porcu P, Purdy RH, Grant KA. Characterization of the discriminative stimulus effects of the neuroactive steroid pregnanolone in DBA/2J and C57BL/6J inbred mice. The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 314: 675-85. PMID 15857945 DOI: 10.1124/Jpet.104.082644  0.306
2004 Porcu P, Grant KA. Discriminative stimulus effects of ethanol in rats using a three-choice ethanol-midazolam-water discrimination. Behavioural Pharmacology. 15: 555-67. PMID 15577454 DOI: 10.1097/00008877-200412000-00004  0.417
2004 Porcu P, Sogliano C, Ibba C, Piredda M, Tocco S, Marra C, Purdy RH, Biggio G, Concas A. Failure of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid both to increase neuroactive steroid concentrations in adrenalectomized-orchiectomized rats and to induce tolerance to its steroidogenic effect in intact animals. Brain Research. 1012: 160-8. PMID 15158173 DOI: 10.1016/J.Brainres.2004.03.059  0.418
2003 Porcu P, Sogliano C, Cinus M, Purdy RH, Biggio G, Concas A. Nicotine-induced changes in cerebrocortical neuroactive steroids and plasma corticosterone concentrations in the rat. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior. 74: 683-90. PMID 12543235 DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(02)01065-1  0.327
2002 Follesa P, Porcu P, Sogliano C, Cinus M, Biggio F, Mancuso L, Mostallino MC, Paoletti AM, Purdy RH, Biggio G, Concas A. Changes in GABAA receptor gamma 2 subunit gene expression induced by long-term administration of oral contraceptives in rats. Neuropharmacology. 42: 325-36. PMID 11897111 DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(01)00187-3  0.37
2001 Follesa P, Concas A, Porcu P, Sanna E, Serra M, Mostallino MC, Purdy RH, Biggio G. Role of allopregnanolone in regulation of GABA(A) receptor plasticity during long-term exposure to and withdrawal from progesterone. Brain Research. Brain Research Reviews. 37: 81-90. PMID 11744076 DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(01)00125-4  0.345
2000 Concas A, Porcu P, Sogliano C, Serra M, Purdy RH, Biggio G. Caffeine-induced increases in the brain and plasma concentrations of neuroactive steroids in the rat. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior. 66: 39-45. PMID 10837842 DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(00)00237-9  0.317
1998 Concas A, Mostallino MC, Porcu P, Follesa P, Barbaccia ML, Trabucchi M, Purdy RH, Grisenti P, Biggio G. Role of brain allopregnanolone in the plasticity of gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor in rat brain during pregnancy and after delivery. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 95: 13284-9. PMID 9789080 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.95.22.13284  0.337
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