1995
Ritanserin, a 5-HT2A/2C antagonist, reverses direct dopamine agonist-induced inhibition of midbrain dopamine neurons.
Shi W, Nathaniel P, Bunney B. Ritanserin, a 5-HT2A/2C antagonist, reverses direct dopamine agonist-induced inhibition of midbrain dopamine neurons. Journal Of Pharmacology And Experimental Therapeutics 1995, 274: 735-40. PMID: 7636736.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffects of ritanserinBasal firing rateDA autoreceptorsDA neuronsDA agonistsP-chlorophenylalanineSubstantia nigra DA neuronsSingle-unit recording techniquesChloral hydrate-anesthetized ratsFiring rateDA agonist quinpiroleDirect DA agonistsIndirect DA agonistPostsynaptic D2 receptorsExtrapyramidal side effectsD2-like receptorsSignificant therapeutic effectAgonist-induced inhibitionMidbrain dopamine neuronsMidbrain dopamine systemAgonist quinpiroleDA antagonistsMDL 100907Receptor antagonistDopamine neurons
1991
Midbrain dopamine system electrophysiological functioning: A review and new hypothesis
Bunney B, Chiodo L, Grace A. Midbrain dopamine system electrophysiological functioning: A review and new hypothesis. Synapse 1991, 9: 79-94. PMID: 1821487, DOI: 10.1002/syn.890090202.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1984
Evidence for the absence of impulse-regulating somatodendritic and synthesis-modulating nerve terminal autoreceptors on subpopulations of mesocortical dopamine neurons
Chiodo L, Bannon M, Grace A, Roth R, Bunney B. Evidence for the absence of impulse-regulating somatodendritic and synthesis-modulating nerve terminal autoreceptors on subpopulations of mesocortical dopamine neurons. Neuroscience 1984, 12: 1-16. PMID: 6462443, DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(84)90133-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpikes/sDopamine neuronsPiriform cortexDopamine levelsCaudate nucleusCingulate cortexIntravenous administrationDopamine cellsFiring rateGlyoxylic acid-induced histofluorescenceCatecholamine histofluorescence techniquesMesocortical dopamine neuronsNerve terminal autoreceptorsNigrostriatal dopamine cellsDose-dependent inhibitory responseDopamine agonist apomorphineBasal discharge rateMidbrain dopaminergic neuronsMidbrain dopaminergic systemMean firing rateMidbrain dopamine systemMesocortical neuronsAgonist apomorphineMicroiontophoretic applicationAntidromic activation