Roberto Frau

University of Cagliari — Italy

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(59), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior(57), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling(25), Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research(22), Stress Responses and Cortisol(20)

Publications156 total

Restoring brain wiring, mobility, sleep, and lifespan with a novel repurposed modulator of voltage-gated K⁺ channels: an emerging perspective for channelopathies
2025Open Access
Early Dopaminergic Dysfunction Induces PRO-VGF Changes in Blood and Brain of Rats with Alpha-Synuclein Overexpression
Neurochemical Research·2025Open Access
Maternal Immune Activation with High Molecular Weight Poly (I:C) Induces Selective Depressive-Like Phenotype in Adult Offspring
2025Open Access
Pregnenolone Reduces L‐Dopa‐Induced Dyskinesias in Female Parkinsonian Monkeys
Movement Disorders·2025Open Access
Sex-specific maladaptive responses to acute stress upon in utero THC exposure are mediated by dopamine
Pharmacological Research·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Effect of 5-alpha reductase inhibitors in animal models of Parkinson’s disease
Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Sex-specific maladaptive responses to acute stress upon in utero THC exposure are mediated by dopamine
2024Open Access
Expanding the therapeutic potential of neuro(active)steroids: a promising strategy for hyperdopaminergic behavioral phenotypes
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Editorial: Multidimensional interplay of early-life events, neuroactive steroids and sex in the development of psychopathology and psychiatric disorders, volume II
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience·2024Open Access
Maternal immune activation alters the mesocorticolimbic neural activity in dams and offspring
Neuroscience Applied·2024Open Access
Corrigendum to “Pregnenolone for the treatment of L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease” [Experimental neurology 2023 May;363:114370]
Experimental Neurology·2023
Communal nesting differentially attenuates the impact of pre-weaning social isolation on behavior in male and female rats during adolescence and adulthood
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience·2023· 10 citedOpen Access
Prefrontal allopregnanolone synergizes with D1 receptor activation to disrupt sensorimotor gating in male Sprague-Dawley rats
Psychopharmacology·2023· 6 cited
Endocannabinoid-dependent decrease of GABAergic transmission on dopaminergic neurons is associated with susceptibility to cocaine stimulant effects in pre-adolescent male MAOA hypomorphic mice exposed to early life stress
Neuropharmacology·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
Pregnenolone for the treatment of L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease
Experimental Neurology·2023· 15 citedOpen Access
Sex‐specific susceptibility to psychotic‐like states provoked by prenatal <scp>THC</scp> exposure: Reversal by pregnenolone
Journal of Neuroendocrinology·2023· 12 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Sex‐specific susceptibility to psychotic‐like states provoked by prenatal &lt;scp&gt;THC&lt;/scp&gt; exposure: reversal by pregnenolone"
2023
Editorial: Multidimensional interplay of early-life events, neuroactive steroids and sex in the development of psychopathology and psychiatric disorders, volume 1
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Adolescent self-administration of the synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonist JWH-018 induces neurobiological and behavioral alterations in adult male mice
Psychopharmacology·2022· 9 citedOpen Access
The potent α2-adrenoceptor antagonist RS 79948 also inhibits dopamine D2 -receptors: Comparison with atipamezole and raclopride
Neuropharmacology·2022· 3 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Marco Bortolato(26), Paola Devoto(21), G. Di Chiara(11), Miriam Melis(11), Francesco Marrosu(11), Gian Luigi Gessa(9), Gianluigi Tanda(7), Silvia Fanni(7), Giampaolo Mereu(7), Francesco Traccis(6), Pierluigi Saba(6), Marco Orrù(6), Valentina Bini(6), Mauro Fà(5), Monica Puligheddu(5), Ezio Carboni(4), Valeria Serra(4), Simona Scheggi(4), M. Paola Castelli(4), Sean C. Godar(4)