1985
Opposing 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
Peripheral 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
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