2012
Bursting as a source of non‐linear determinism in the firing patterns of nigral dopamine neurons
Jeong J, Shi W, Hoffman R, Oh J, Gore JC, Bunney BS, Peterson BS. Bursting as a source of non‐linear determinism in the firing patterns of nigral dopamine neurons. European Journal Of Neuroscience 2012, 36: 3214-3223. PMID: 22831464, PMCID: PMC3490015, DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08238.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNigral dopamine neuronsDA neuronsFiring patternsComplex firing patternsDopamine neuronsBursting activityChloral hydrate-anesthetized ratsHalothane-anesthetized ratsRat substantia nigraReward-related learningSubstantia nigraPhasic burstsFiring activityNeuronsBursting neuronsRatsStochastic firing patternsVivoNon-linear deterministic structureActivityNigra
1995
Nonlinear sequence-dependent structure of nigral dopamine neuron interspike interval firing patterns
Hoffman R, Shi W, Bunney B. Nonlinear sequence-dependent structure of nigral dopamine neuron interspike interval firing patterns. Biophysical Journal 1995, 69: 128-137. PMID: 7669889, PMCID: PMC1236231, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(95)79882-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonlinear deterministic structureDeterministic structureNumber of degreesDopamine neuronsDynamical analysisEffect of nonstationarityRandom processFiring patternsNigral dopamine neuronsRat substantia nigraSubstantia nigraSynaptic inputsISI sequencesNeuron responsesTime seriesNeural circuit interactionsSequence-dependent structureNeuronsFiring modesCircuit interactionsOverall predictabilityNonstationarity
1980
Nigral Dopamine Neurons: Intracellular Recording and Identification with L-Dopa Injection and Histofluorescence
Grace A, Bunney B. Nigral Dopamine Neurons: Intracellular Recording and Identification with L-Dopa Injection and Histofluorescence. Science 1980, 210: 654-656. PMID: 7433992, DOI: 10.1126/science.7433992.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsL-DOPA injectionIntracellular recordingsAntidromic conduction velocitiesPutative dopaminergic neuronsDopamine-containing neuronsRat substantia nigraAntidromic activationDopaminergic neuronsSubstantia nigraSlow depolarizationBurst firingFluorescence histochemistryConduction velocityFast potentialsNeuronsExtracellular spikesInjectionHistofluorescenceRecordingsNigraEffect 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