1991
Effects of neurotensin on midbrain dopamine neurons: Are they mediated by formation of a neurotensin—dopamine complex?
Shi W, Bunney B. Effects of neurotensin on midbrain dopamine neurons: Are they mediated by formation of a neurotensin—dopamine complex? Synapse 1991, 9: 157-164. PMID: 1776128, DOI: 10.1002/syn.890090302.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffects of neurotensinNeurotensin receptorsDopamine neuronsDopamine cellsCell activitySingle-unit recording techniquesFiring rateMidbrain dopamine neuron activityAction of neurotensinBasal firing rateDopamine receptor blockadeDopamine-induced inhibitionDopamine neuron activityMidbrain dopamine neuronsReceptor blockadeDepolarization inactivationExcitatory effectsNative neurotensinBrain slicesNeuron activityNeurotensinNeurotensin analoguesSame receptorRecording techniquesReceptors
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
1980
Effect of sensory stimuli on the activity of dopaminergic neurons: Involvement of non-dopaminergic nigral neurons and striato-nigral pathways
Hommer D, Bunney B. Effect of sensory stimuli on the activity of dopaminergic neurons: Involvement of non-dopaminergic nigral neurons and striato-nigral pathways. Life Sciences 1980, 27: 377-386. PMID: 7412480, DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(80)90185-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStriato-nigral pathwayDopaminergic neuronsReticulata neuronsInhibitory periodSingle-unit recording techniquesNon-dopaminergic neuronsNigro-striatal pathwaySciatic nerve stimulationRat substantia nigraDopaminergic neuron activitySensory stimuliInitial inhibitionStimulation-induced changesActivity of dopaminergicNigral neuronsNerve stimulationSubstantia nigraNeuron activityNeuronsRecording techniquesHaloperidolLesionsInhibitionStimulationPathway
1979
Paradoxical GABA excitation of nigral dopaminergic cells: Indirect mediation through reticulata inhibitory neurons
Grace A, Bunney B. Paradoxical GABA excitation of nigral dopaminergic cells: Indirect mediation through reticulata inhibitory neurons. European Journal Of Pharmacology 1979, 59: 211-218. PMID: 527646, DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(79)90283-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZona reticulataGABA agonistsGABAergic inputsZona compactaSubstantia nigraLow dosesCell activitySingle-unit recording techniquesNigral dopaminergic cellsInhibitory GABAergic inputMeans of microiontophoresisPopulations of neuronsCell firing rateGABA excitationExcitatory effectsDopaminergic neuronsDopaminergic cellsInhibitory neuronsSame doseElectrophysiological studiesNeuron activityZR cellsFiring rateNeuronsAgonists
1975
Effects of molindone on central dopaminergic neuronal activity and metabolism: similarity to other neuroleptics.
Bunney B, Roth R, Aghajanian G. Effects of molindone on central dopaminergic neuronal activity and metabolism: similarity to other neuroleptics. Psychopharmacology Communications 1975, 1: 349-58. PMID: 1224004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffects of molindoneCentral dopaminergic neuronal activityExtracellular single-unit recordingsLow intravenous dosesDopaminergic neuronal activityDA neuron activityMost antipsychotic drugsBaseline firing rateSingle-unit recordingsDA metabolismDA neuronsIntravenous dosesClassical neurolepticsDopaminergic neuronsOlfactory tubercleDA cellsAntipsychotic drugsD-amphetamineInduced depressionRat midbrainDopamine synthesisNeuronal activityUnit recordingsNeuron activityMolindone
1974
Noradrenergic neurons: Morphine inhibition of spontaneous activity
Korf J, Bunney B, Aghajanian G. Noradrenergic neurons: Morphine inhibition of spontaneous activity. European Journal Of Pharmacology 1974, 25: 165-169. PMID: 4435020, DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(74)90045-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocus coeruleusMorphine sulfateFiring rateNeuronal activitySpontaneous activityNoradrenergic neuron activityNorepinephrine-containing neuronsNoradrenergic neuronal activityLocus coeruleus cellsSpontaneous firing rateDorsal raphe nucleusAnalgesic actionMorphine inhibitionSerotonergic neuronsRaphe nucleusMorphine antagonistNoxious stimuliNE cellsNeuron activityCoeruleusMorphineNeuronsNaloxoneInhibitionCells