Amphetamine (AMPH) is an addictive psychostimulant targeting the dopamine system. But its effect on the neurons of this system is still unclear. Here, we studied the effects of amphetamine on the firing rate of dopamine (DA) and non-dopamine neurons of the ventral tegmental area, a key structure in the reward circuit, of awake rats. Using wireless neural probes to investigate the electrical activity of the neurons in freely moving rats, we observed that acute injection of AMPH is followed by a decrease of firing rate of most of registered DA units. The remaining population of DA units either increased or did not significantly change their activity. At the same time, AMPH stimulated the locomotor activity and induced a stereotypic behavior. ...
[[abstract]]Although amphetamine (AMPH) is an addictive drug of abuse which exhibits toxicity to dop...
The pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPTg) has long been suggested to have a role in reward-relat...
The striatum is a forebrain nucleus required for the acquisition of appetitive reinforcement. Striat...
Dorsolateral striatum neurons were extracellularly recorded in awake behaving rats to examine amphet...
We previously have reported that nondopamine (non-DA) neurons in substantia nigra (SN) and ventral t...
Dopamine is involved with many aspects of normal brain function, such as movement, emotion and motiv...
Studies have demonstrated that AMPHs produce long-term damage to the brain dopaminergic, serotoniner...
The repeated intermittent administration of relatively low doses of amphetamine (AMPH) produces an e...
A larqe body of evidence supports the conclusion that mesolimbic dopaminerqic neurons, in particular...
Repeated amphetamine (AMPH) administration into the nucleus accumbens does not enhance (sensitize) t...
Extracellular recordings were obtained from spontaneously active, presumed dopamine (DA) neurons of ...
HARACZ, J. L., J. T. TSCHANZ, Z. WANG, K. E. GRIFFITH AND G. V. REBEC. Amphetamine effects on striat...
The mesolimbic dopamine system, which consists of the nucleus accumbens (NAc), the prefrontal cortex...
International audienceDexamphetamine (AMPH) is a psychostimulant drug that is used both recreational...
[[abstract]]Although amphetamine (AMPH) is an addictive drug of abuse which exhibits toxicity to dop...
The pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPTg) has long been suggested to have a role in reward-relat...
The striatum is a forebrain nucleus required for the acquisition of appetitive reinforcement. Striat...
Dorsolateral striatum neurons were extracellularly recorded in awake behaving rats to examine amphet...
We previously have reported that nondopamine (non-DA) neurons in substantia nigra (SN) and ventral t...
Dopamine is involved with many aspects of normal brain function, such as movement, emotion and motiv...
Studies have demonstrated that AMPHs produce long-term damage to the brain dopaminergic, serotoniner...
The repeated intermittent administration of relatively low doses of amphetamine (AMPH) produces an e...
A larqe body of evidence supports the conclusion that mesolimbic dopaminerqic neurons, in particular...
Repeated amphetamine (AMPH) administration into the nucleus accumbens does not enhance (sensitize) t...
Extracellular recordings were obtained from spontaneously active, presumed dopamine (DA) neurons of ...
HARACZ, J. L., J. T. TSCHANZ, Z. WANG, K. E. GRIFFITH AND G. V. REBEC. Amphetamine effects on striat...
The mesolimbic dopamine system, which consists of the nucleus accumbens (NAc), the prefrontal cortex...
International audienceDexamphetamine (AMPH) is a psychostimulant drug that is used both recreational...
[[abstract]]Although amphetamine (AMPH) is an addictive drug of abuse which exhibits toxicity to dop...
The pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPTg) has long been suggested to have a role in reward-relat...
The striatum is a forebrain nucleus required for the acquisition of appetitive reinforcement. Striat...