1985
An electrophysiological analysis of the actions of the 3-PPP enantiomers on the nigrostriatal dopamine system
Clark D, Engberg G, Pileblad E, Svensson T, Carlsson A, Freeman A, Bunney B. An electrophysiological analysis of the actions of the 3-PPP enantiomers on the nigrostriatal dopamine system. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives Of Pharmacology 1985, 329: 344-354. PMID: 4033804, DOI: 10.1007/bf00496366.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostsynaptic DA receptorsInhibitory actionDA autoreceptorsDA receptorsNeuronal activityDA cell firing rateExtracellular single-unit recordingsCaudate neuronal activityDA neuronal activityGallamine-paralyzed ratsNigrostriatal DA systemNigrostriatal dopamine systemSingle-unit recordingsCell firing rateReticulata neuronsDA agonistsDA cellsIntravenous administrationMajority of cellsDopamine systemN-propylpiperidineUnit recordingsPartial agonistCell activityFiring rateOpposing effects of striatonigral feedback pathways on midbrain dopamine cell activity
Grace A, Bunney B. Opposing effects of striatonigral feedback pathways on midbrain dopamine cell activity. Brain Research 1985, 333: 271-284. PMID: 2986775, DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(85)91581-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInhibitory postsynaptic potentialsDA cellsStriatal stimulationReticulata neuronsDA neuronsRebound depolarizationReversal potentialSubstantia nigra zona reticulata neuronsStriatonigral GABAergic pathwayMidbrain dopamine cell activityDopamine cell activitySame stimulation parametersChloride injectionChloride channel blockerChloride reversal potentialSimilar reversal potentialsSimilar time courseGABAergic pathwayGABAergic projectionsZona reticulataPostsynaptic potentialsSystemic injectionChannel blockersIntracellular recordingsStriatal cells
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 techniquesHaloperidolLesionsInhibitionStimulationPathwayPeripheral and striatal influences on nigral dopamine cells: Mediation by reticulata neurons
Grace A, Hommer D, Bunney B. Peripheral and striatal influences on nigral dopamine cells: Mediation by reticulata neurons. Brain Research Bulletin 1980, 5: 105-109. DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(80)90017-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDA cellsZona reticulataGABA agonistsInhibitory influenceDA cell firing rateDopamine receptor blocker haloperidolStriato-nigral pathwayNigral dopamine cellsCell firing rateReticulata neuronsStriatal influencesSubstantia nigraDopaminergic cellsDopamine cellsNoxious stimuliLow dosesFiring rateNeuronsInhibitory effectAgonistsCell rateCellsHaloperidolMuscimolDoses