| Drugs abused by humans preferentially increase synaptic dopamine concentrations in the mesolimbic system of freely moving rats. G Di Chiara, A Imperato Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 85 (14), 5274-5278, 1988 | 6035 | 1988 |
| Effects of nicotine on the nucleus accumbens and similarity to those of addictive drugs FE Pontieri, G Tanda, F Orzi, GD Chiara Nature 382 (6588), 255-257, 1996 | 1381 | 1996 |
| Cannabinoid and Heroin Activation of Mesolimbic Dopamine Transmission by a Common µ1 Opioid Receptor Mechanism G Tanda, FE Pontieri, GD Chiara Science 276 (5321), 2048-2050, 1997 | 1364 | 1997 |
| Nucleus accumbens shell and core dopamine: differential role in behavior and addiction G Di Chiara Behavioural brain research 137 (1-2), 75-114, 2002 | 1302 | 2002 |
| Dopamine and drug addiction: the nucleus accumbens shell connection G Di Chiara, V Bassareo, S Fenu, MA De Luca, L Spina, C Cadoni, ... Neuropharmacology 47, 227-241, 2004 | 1145 | 2004 |
| Opposite effects of mu and kappa opiate agonists on dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens and in the dorsal caudate of freely moving rats. G Di Chiara, A Imperato Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 244 (3), 1067-1080, 1988 | 1132 | 1988 |
| Preferential stimulation of dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens of freely moving rats by ethanol. A Imperato, G Di Chiara Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 239 (1), 219-228, 1986 | 1122 | 1986 |
| Intravenous cocaine, morphine, and amphetamine preferentially increase extracellular dopamine in the" shell" as compared with the" core" of the rat nucleus accumbens. FE Pontieri, G Tanda, G Di Chiara Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 92 (26), 12304-12308, 1995 | 1055 | 1995 |
| Role of dopamine in the behavioural actions of nicotine related to addiction G Di Chiara European journal of pharmacology 393 (1-3), 295-314, 2000 | 900 | 2000 |
| The role of dopamine in drug abuse viewed from the perspective of its role in motivation G Di Chiara Drug and alcohol dependence 38 (2), 95-137, 1995 | 879 | 1995 |
| Nicotine preferentially stimulates dopamine release in the limbic system of freely moving rats A Imperato, A Mulas, G Di Chiara European journal of pharmacology 132 (2-3), 337-338, 1986 | 867 | 1986 |
| Drug addiction as dopamine-dependent associative learning disorder G Di Chiara European journal of pharmacology 375 (1-3), 13-30, 1999 | 785 | 1999 |
| Neurobiology of opiate abuse G Di Chiara, RA North Trends in pharmacological sciences 13, 185-193, 1992 | 781 | 1992 |
| Reward system and addiction: what dopamine does and doesn’t do G Di Chiara, V Bassareo Current opinion in pharmacology 7 (1), 69-76, 2007 | 744 | 2007 |
| Amphetamine, cocaine, phencyclidine and nomifensine increase extracellular dopamine concentrations preferentially in the nucleus accumbens of freely moving rats E Carboni, A Imperato, L Perezzani, G Di Chiara Neuroscience 28 (3), 653-661, 1989 | 729 | 1989 |
| Modulatory functions of neurotransmitters in the striatum: ACh/dopamine/NMDA interactions G Di Chiara, M Morelli, S Consolo Trends in neurosciences 17 (6), 228-233, 1994 | 616 | 1994 |
| Differential responsiveness of dopamine transmission to food-stimuli in nucleus accumbens shell/core compartments V Bassareo, G Di Chiara Neuroscience 89 (3), 637-641, 1999 | 569 | 1999 |
| Trans-striatal dialysis coupled to reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection: a new method for the study of the in vivo release of … A Imperato, G Di Chiara Journal of Neuroscience 4 (4), 966-977, 1984 | 520 | 1984 |
| Differential influence of associative and nonassociative learning mechanisms on the responsiveness of prefrontal and accumbal dopamine transmission to food stimuli in rats fed … V Bassareo, G Di Chiara Journal of Neuroscience 17 (2), 851-861, 1997 | 514 | 1997 |
| A motivational learning hypothesis of the role of mesolimbic dopamine in compulsive drug use G Di Chiara Journal of psychopharmacology 12 (1), 54-67, 1998 | 493 | 1998 |
