1987
Chronic Neuroleptic Effects on Dopamine Neuron Activity: A Model for Predicting Therapeutic Efficacy and Side Effects?
Freeman A, Bunney B. Chronic Neuroleptic Effects on Dopamine Neuron Activity: A Model for Predicting Therapeutic Efficacy and Side Effects? Psychopharmacology Series 1987, 3: 225-235. PMID: 2881290, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-71288-3_26.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMost psychotic patientsDA receptor blockerTreatment of choiceDopamine neuron activityCentral catecholamine systemsReceptor blockadeReceptor blockersCatecholamine neuronsNeuroleptic effectsMajor symptomsAntipsychotic drugsCatecholamine systemsAntipsychotic propertiesForebrain regionsNeuronal activityCatecholamine receptorsSide effectsDopamine systemNeuron activityPsychotic patientsTherapeutic efficacyMode of actionFeedback pathwaysTreatmentNeuroleptics
1977
Dopamine “Autoreceptors”: Pharmacological characterization by microiontophoretic single cell recording studies
Aghajanian G, Bunney B. Dopamine “Autoreceptors”: Pharmacological characterization by microiontophoretic single cell recording studies. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives Of Pharmacology 1977, 297: 1-7. PMID: 193046, DOI: 10.1007/bf00508803.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDA neuronsDepressant effectDA agonist apomorphineWeak depressant actionSingle-cell recording studiesSingle-cell recordingsAgonist apomorphineDA agonistsMicroiontophoretic applicationMicroiontophoretic techniquesSubstantia nigraDepressant actionDopamine neuronsSingle dopamine neuronsPharmacological characterizationCatecholamine receptorsΒ-adrenoreceptorsCell recordingsCatecholamine agonistsRecording studiesNeuronsAutoreceptorsAntagonist trifluoperazineAgonistsSelective responsiveness