3-Acetylpyridine results in degeneration of the extrapyramidal and cerebellar motor systems: loss of the dorsolateral striatal dopamine innervation
Deutsch A, Elsworth J, Roth R, Menek G. 3-Acetylpyridine results in degeneration of the extrapyramidal and cerebellar motor systems: loss of the dorsolateral striatal dopamine innervation. Brain Research 1990, 527: 96-102. PMID: 2126479, DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(90)91065-o.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebellar motor systemsDopamine innervationOlivocerebellar systemStriatal DA depletionStriatal dopamine innervationStriatal DA concentrationsMotor systemSelective inhibitor deprenylAnteromedial prefrontal cortexDeprenyl pretreatmentStriatal sectorsNigrostriatal degenerationDA innervationDA depletionDA levelsVentromedial striatumMAOB activitySensorimotor functionRats resultsNucleus accumbensDorsolateral aspectDorsolateral striatumMAOA activityDegenerationPrefrontal cortexMesocortical 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