Morphine-dopamine interaction: Ventral tegmental morphine increases nucleus accumbens dopamine release

Opposite effects of mu and kappa opiate agonists on dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens and in the dorsal caudate of freely moving rats.

1988 • 913 citations

Normalization of extracellular dopamine in striatum following recovery from a partial unilateral 6-OHDA lesion of the substantia nigra: a microdialysis study in freely moving rats

1988 • 516 citations

Intracranial self-administration of morphine into the ventral tegmental area in rats

1981 • 497 citations

Electrophysiological evidence for excitation of rat ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons by morphine

1984 • 424 citations

Enkephalin action on the mesolimbic system: a dopamine-dependent and a dopamine-independent increase in locomotor activity.

1983 • 355 citations

The effect of morphine applied locally to mesencephalic dopamine cell bodies on spontaneous motor activity in the rat

1979 • 354 citations

Reinforcing effects of morphine microinjection into the ventral tegmental area

1980 • 334 citations

Heroin reward is dependent on a dopaminergic substrate

1981 • 333 citations

Reinforcing effects of brain microinjections of morphine revealed by conditioned place preference

1982 • 238 citations

Kindling of the mesolimbic dopamine system

1978 • 210 citations

Increased food intake after opioid microinjections into nucleus accumbens and ventral tegmental area of rat

1986 • 160 citations

Separation of inhibiting and stimulating effects of morphine on self-stimulation behaviour by intracerebral microinjections

1976 • 106 citations

Amphetamine stereotypy: the influence of environmental factors and prepotent behavioral patterns on its topography and development.

1975 • 99 citations

Distinct presynaptic control of dopamine release in striosomal and matrix areas of the cat caudate nucleus.

1989 • 92 citations

Opioid receptor subtypes associated with ventral tegmental facilitation of lateral hypothalamic brain stimulation reward

1987 • 84 citations

Self-administration of small amounts of morphine through glass micropipettes into the ventral tegmental area of the rat

1989 • 67 citations

Involvement of neurohypophyseal peptides in drug-mediated adaptive responses

1980 • 66 citations

The effects of low doses of morphine on the activity of dopamine-containing cells and on behavior

1982 • 61 citations

Morphine and nigrostriatal function in the rat and mouse: The role of nigral and striatal opiate receptors

1982 • 59 citations

Interhemispheric nigrostriatal projections in the rat: Bifurcating nigral projections and loci of crossing in the diencephalon

1983 • 56 citations

Opioid-neuroleptic interaction in brainstem self-stimulation

1989 • 52 citations

Opioid receptor subtypes associated with ventral tegmental facilitation and periaqueductal gray inhibition of feeding

1987 • 48 citations

Contralateral circling induced by tegmental morphine: Anatomical localization, pharmacological specificity, and phenomenology

1985 • 46 citations

Evidence for dopamine release and metabolism beyond the control of nerve impulses and dopamine receptors in rat substantia nigra

1985 • 46 citations

Opposite effects of ventral tegmental and periaqueductal gray morphine injections on lateral hypothalamic stimulation-induced feeding

1986 • 35 citations

Effects of anesthetics and electrical stimulation on nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons.

1983 • 26 citations

Circling from unilateral VTA morphine: Direction is controlled by environmental stimuli

1986 • 15 citations

Comparison of the effect of morphine on locus coeruleus noradrenergic and ventral tegmental area dopaminergic neurons in vitro

1990 • 11 citations