Maria Antonietta De Luca, PhD,
Associate Professor of Pharmacology,
Faculty of Biology and Pharmacy,
Department of Biomedical Sciences,
University of Cagliari, Italy.
After obtaining my M.Sc. in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology, I specialised in Toxicology and obtained my PhD in the Pharmacology of Drug Abuse at the University of Cagliari, under the supervision of Prof. G. Di Chiara. During my career, I have developed strong expertise in the fields of neurochemistry and behavioural pharmacology, with a major focus on the role of mesolimbic and mesocortical dopaminergic transmission in the origin of drug addiction. I have over 20 years of experience with in vivo microdialysis in rodents for monitoring brain monoamines following the administration of drugs of abuse and natural rewards. I also have extensive knowledge of animal models of drug addiction with particular reference to the rewarding properties of cannabinoids. I was PI and head of the research units of national and EU projects on Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPSs), including novel synthetic opioids (www.justso-eu.eu). I am currently Visiting Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire, UK.
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Neurophysiology
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Maria Antonietta De Luca, PhD,
Associate Professor of Pharmacology,
Faculty of Biology and Pharmacy,
Department of Biomedical Sciences,
University of Cagliari, Italy.
After obtaining my M.Sc. in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology, I specialised in Toxicology and obtained my PhD in the Pharmacology of Drug Abuse at the University of Cagliari, under the supervision of Prof. G. Di Chiara. During my career, I have developed strong expertise in the fields of neurochemistry and behavioural pharmacology, with a major focus on the role of mesolimbic and mesocortical dopaminergic transmission in the origin of drug addiction. I have over 20 years of experience with in vivo microdialysis in rodents for monitoring brain monoamines following the administration of drugs of abuse and natural rewards. I also have extensive knowledge of animal models of drug addiction with particular reference to the rewarding properties of cannabinoids. I was PI and head of the research units of national and EU projects on Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPSs), including novel synthetic opioids (www.justso-eu.eu). I am currently Visiting Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire, UK.
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