Gian Luigi Gessa

Gianluigi Gessa
Gianluigi Gessa
	Gianluigi Gessa at a conference
Born	13 July 1932; Cagliari, Italy
Nationality	Italian
	Scientific career
Fields	Pharmacology; Neuroscience; Psychiatry;
Institutions	University of Cagliari;

Gian Luigi Gessa is a professor of Neuropsychopharmacology at the University of Cagliari, where he has led for a long time the Department of Neurosciences. He is the leader of the Italian group that studies drug addiction. He also directed the research groups of the National Research Council.

He worked as a researcher at the National Institutes of Health by Bethesda (Maryland) led by Professor Bernard Brodie and Scripps Research Institute of La Jolla (California), before returning to Italy and becoming one of the most authoritative experts in neuropharmacological research.

Under his leadership, the Department of Neuroscience of University of Cagliari was ranked twenty-third place in the world among research institutes in the field of Pharmacology (Xenobiotics, Current Contents, Life Sciences, 1993). The Neuropharmacology department of Cagliari was also recognized by the Ministry of University and Scientific Research as a "Center of Excellence" for research on the Neurobiology of Addiction.

Professor Gessa is also head of the CICAP Sardinia and a member of the Scientific Committee of "Journal of Psychiatry" located at University of Rome "La Sapienza". He also served as president of the Italian Society of Pharmacology (SIF). He is currently professor emeritus of pharmacology at the University of Cagliari and an associate member of the Institute of Neurosciences of the National Research Council.

He received the Camillo Golgi Award from Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei for his research.

In 2004, he decided to join politics, by standing with the list of Renato Soru Project Sardinia as a regional councilor, being elected with 4613 preferences.

From June 2, 2006 he is Grand Officer of Order of Merit of the Republic.

Over the last hundred years, governments of different nations have appointed committees to establish the harms of marijuana on consumers and society. The conclusions of the commission, beginning with the 1894 Indian cannabis on the latest Cannabis Ministries of Health in 2002 Belgium, France, Switzerland, Germany and Holland, were that marijuana use is not such a serious problem to be in criminal cases the people who do use or possess for this purpose.

— Gian Luigi Gessa, Papers of the SIF, Italian Society of Pharmacology p.10 Vol.6 Ed 2006

Works

Author

Endorphines(1987),Pythagora Press.
Psychopharmachology(1990),Collana manuali di medicina,Masson.
Dopamine and Mental Depression (1990),Paperback.
Dysthymia: Diagnosis and Treatment (1998),Mediserve.
Interview on neuroscience (2003),CUEC.
Cocaine (2008),Rubbettino.

Publisher

Depression and Mania: From Neurobiology to Treatment (Advances in Biochemical Psychopharmacology)(1995), New York City:Raven Press

Articles and studies

Marked inhibition of mesolimbic dopamine release: a common feature of ethanol, morphine, cocaine and amphetamine abstinence in rats..(1992), European Journal of Pharmacology
Mesolimbic dopaminergic decline after cannabinoid withdrawal.(1998) National Academy of Science, U.S.
Self-administration of the cannabinoid receptor agonist WIN 55,212-2 in drug-naive mice. (1998) Neuroscience
Investigation on the relationship between cannabinoid CB1 and opioid receptors in gastrointestinal motility in mice (2004) British Journal of Pharmacology
Prenatal exposure to a cannabinoid receptor agonist does not affect sensorimotor gating in rats.(2006), European Journal of Pharmacology
Efficacy of rimonabant and other cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonists in reducing food intake and body weight: preclinical and clinical data.(2006), CNS Drug Review

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External links

On the appointment as Grand Officer
La biochimica della dipendenza - The biochemistry of addiction - Article by Professor Gessa on Tempo Medico
A scientific opinion on the law Fini-Giovanardi
Gian Luigi Gessa and his relationship with Sardinia
Interview with Professor Gessa on the issue of dangerousness of recreational drugs, particularly canapa

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