The neural network of the basal ganglia as revealed by the study of synaptic connections of identified neurones

AD Smith, JP Bolam - Trends in neurosciences, 1990 - cell.com
The study of synaptic connections in the electron microscope has established
an'elementary'circuit for the neostriatum which consists of a pathway from cortical areas …

Prefrontal cortical efferents in the rat synapse on unlabeled neuronal targets of catecholamine terminals in the nucleus accumbens septi and on dopamine neurons in …

SR Sesack, VM Pickel - Journal of Comparative Neurology, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
Physiological and pharmacological studies indicate that descending projections from the
prefrontal cortex modulate dopaminergic transmission in the nucleus accumbens septi and …

Tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive boutons in synaptic contact with identified striatonigral neurons, with particular reference to dendritic spines

TF Freund, JF Powell, AD Smith - Neuroscience, 1984 - Elsevier
Tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive fibres in the rat neostriatum were studied in the
electron microscope in order to determine the nature of the contacts they make with other …

Dopamine-dependent plasticity of corticostriatal synapses

JNJ Reynolds, JR Wickens - Neural networks, 2002 - Elsevier
Knowledge of the effect of dopamine on corticostriatal synaptic plasticity has advanced
rapidly over the last 5 years. We consider this new knowledge in relation to three factors …

Immunocytochemical localization of D1 and D2 dopamine receptors in the basal ganglia of the rat: light and electron microscopy

KKL Yung, JP Bolam, AD Smith, SM Hersch, BJ Ciliax… - Neuroscience, 1995 - Elsevier
The modulatory actions of dopamine on the flow of cortical information through the basal
ganglia are mediated mainly through two subtypes of receptors, the D1 and D2 receptors. In …

Information processing, dimensionality reduction and reinforcement learning in the basal ganglia

I Bar-Gad, G Morris, H Bergman - Progress in neurobiology, 2003 - Elsevier
Modeling of the basal ganglia has played a major role in our understanding of this elusive
group of nuclei. Models of the basal ganglia have undergone evolutionary and revolutionary …

Pharmacology and behavioral pharmacology of the mesocortical dopamine system

TM Tzschentke - Progress in neurobiology, 2001 - Elsevier
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) has long been known to be involved in the mediation of complex
behavioral responses. Considerable research efforts are directed towards refining the …

Chapter II The basal ganglia

CR Gerfen, CJ Wilson - Handbook of chemical neuroanatomy, 1996 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary The basal ganglia are a major neural system that receive cortical inputs,
process these inputs, and feed them back to the cortex via connections through the midbrain …

From motivation to action: a review of dopaminergic regulation of limbic→ nucleus accumbens→ ventral pallidum→ pedunculopontine nucleus circuitries involved in …

GJ Mogenson, SM Brudzynski, M Wu… - Limbic motor circuits …, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Locomotor activity is emphasized in this context because it is a dominant component of all
behaviors, and it is fundamental to behavioral adaptation, eg, procurement of food or …

Neuromodulatory actions of dopamine in the neostriatum are dependent upon the excitatory amino acid receptor subtypes activated.

C Cepeda, NA Buchwald… - Proceedings of the …, 1993 - National Acad Sciences
In the mammalian neostriatum, dopamine modulates neuronal responses mediated by
activation of excitatory amino acid receptors. The direction of this modulation varies with the …