1996
Tyrosine enhances behavioral and mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic responses to aversive conditioning
Morrow B, Elsworth J, Roth R. Tyrosine enhances behavioral and mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic responses to aversive conditioning. Synapse 1996, 22: 100-105. PMID: 8787125, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2396(199602)22:2<100::aid-syn2>3.0.co;2-h.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedial prefrontal cortexDopamine metabolismNucleus accumbensNonconditioned controlsPrefrontal cortexDopamine utilizationAdministration of haloperidolExogenous tyrosineBiosynthesis of catecholaminesDopaminergic responseDietary tyrosineRelevant doseAccumbensRatsTyrosine hydroxylationCortexGreater elevationNonconditioned ratsB-carbolineSaline/Test dayMetabolismBehavioral consequencesAversive conditioningTone
1990
Mesocortical dopamine neurons: High basal firing frequency predicts tyrosine dependence of dopamine synthesis
Tam S, Elsworth J, Bradberry C, Roth R. Mesocortical dopamine neurons: High basal firing frequency predicts tyrosine dependence of dopamine synthesis. Journal Of Neural Transmission 1990, 81: 97-110. PMID: 2363911, DOI: 10.1007/bf01245830.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMesoprefrontal DA neuronsDA neuronsTyrosine administrationDA levelsCingulate cortexPrefrontal cortexTyrosine hydroxylationAnxiogenic β-carbolineDA metabolite levelsDA terminal fieldsEndogenous DA levelsMesocortical DA neuronsMesocortical dopamine neuronsVivo tyrosine hydroxylationMidbrain DA neuronsTyrosine hydroxylase activityTransmitter outflowDA metabolitesDA synthesisDopamine neuronsFG 7142Dopamine synthesisTerminal fieldsTyrosine availabilityHigh doses