1999
Biochemical and behavioral anxiolytic-like effects of R(+)HA-966 at the level of the ventral tegmental area in rats
Morrow B, Elsworth J, Zito C, Roth R. Biochemical and behavioral anxiolytic-like effects of R(+)HA-966 at the level of the ventral tegmental area in rats. Psychopharmacology 1999, 143: 227-234. PMID: 10353424, DOI: 10.1007/s002130050941.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentral tegmental areaHA-966Expression sessionsIntra-VTADopamine metabolismTegmental areaGlycine/NMDA receptor complexPrefrontal cortexMesoprefrontal dopamine neuronsAnxiolytic-like effectsAnxiolytic-like actionDopamine cell bodiesNMDA receptor complexWeak partial agonistMedial prefrontal cortexStress-induced activationCannula implantationDopamine neuronsControl ratsLocal injectionPartial agonistRatsCell bodiesPsychological stressorsStress-induced changes
1997
Phencyclidine Increases Forebrain Monoamine Metabolism in Rats and Monkeys: Modulation by the Isomers of HA966
Jentsch J, Elsworth J, Redmond D, Roth R. Phencyclidine Increases Forebrain Monoamine Metabolism in Rats and Monkeys: Modulation by the Isomers of HA966. Journal Of Neuroscience 1997, 17: 1769-1775. PMID: 9030635, PMCID: PMC6573388, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-05-01769.1997.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAction PotentialsAnimalsChlorocebus aethiopsDopamineExcitatory Amino Acid AgonistsExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsFrontal LobeIsomerismMaleNeuronsPhencyclidineProsencephalonPyrrolidinonesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSchizophrenic PsychologySerotoninSpecies SpecificitySubstantia NigraTegmentum MesencephaliConceptsPCP-induced increasePrefrontal cortexDA turnoverMonoamine metabolismFrontal cortexNucleus accumbensNMDA receptor antagonist phencyclidinePCP-induced changesForebrain of ratsMonkey frontal cortexEffects of PCPDrug-induced activationMedial prefrontal cortexMonoamine transmissionSerotonergic innervationDopamine innervationSerotonin turnoverDopamine turnoverSerotonin utilizationPsychotomimetic propertiesDopamine transmissionDopamine systemBrain regionsPotent effectsRats