Glutamatergic and cholinergic inputs from the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus to dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta

T Futami, K Takakusaki, ST Kitai - Neuroscience research, 1995 - Elsevier
Postsynaptic responses of dopamine (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta
(SNc) to stimulation of the pedunculopontine tegmental nuclei (PPN) were studied in in vitro …

Electrophysiological properties of pedunculopontine neurons and their postsynaptic responses following stimulation of substantia nigra reticulata

Y Kang, ST Kitai - Brain research, 1990 - Elsevier
Membrane properties and postsynaptic responses to stimulation of the substantia nigra
reticulata (SNr) of the neurons in rat pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) were studied in an in …

Pedunculopontine tegmental stimulation evokes striatal dopamine efflux by activation of acetylcholine and glutamate receptors in the midbrain and pons of the rat

GL Forster, CD Blaha - European Journal of Neuroscience, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus appears to influence striatal dopamine activity via
cholinergic and glutamatergic afferents to dopaminergic cells of the substantia nigra pars …

Innervation of substantia nigra neurons by cholinergic afferents from pedunculopontine nucleus in the rat: neuroanatomical and electrophysiological evidence

PBS Clarke, DW Hommer, A Pert, LR Skirboll - Neuroscience, 1987 - Elsevier
Dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta are excited by nicotine and
acetycholine, and possess both high-affinity nicotine binding sites and intense …

A microiontophoretic study on the nature of the putative synaptic neurotransmitter involved in the pedunculopontine-substantia nigra pars compacta excitatory pathway …

E Scarnati, A Proia, E Campana, C Pacitti - Experimental brain research, 1986 - Springer
The nature of the synaptic transmitter involved in the excitatory fibers linking the nucleus
tegmenti pedunculopontinus (PPN) to the pars compacta of the substantia nigra (SNPC) was …

Nigral GABAergic inhibition upon cholinergic neurons in the rat pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus

K Saitoh, S Hattori, WJ Song, T Isa… - European Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated, in a midbrain parasagittal slice preparation of Wistar rats (postnatal day 9–
17), the synaptic inhibition of neurons in the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPN) …

Pedunculopontine-evoked excitation of substantia nigra neurons in the rat

E Scarnati, E Campana, C Pacitti - Brain research, 1984 - Elsevier
The effects of electrical stimulation of the nucleus tegmenti pedunculopontinus on the unitary
activity of identified neurons of the rat substantia nigra were studied. The experiments were …

Control of the Subthalamic Innervation of Substantia Nigra Pars Reticulata by D1 and D2 Dopamine Receptors

O Ibanez-Sandoval, A Hernández… - Journal of …, 2006 - journals.physiology.org
The effects of activating dopaminergic D1 and D2 class receptors of the subthalamic
projections that innervate the pars reticulata of the subtantia nigra (SNr) were explored in …

The reciprocal electrophysiological influence between the nucleus tegmenti pedunculopontinus and the substantia nigra in normal and decorticated rats

E Scarnati, A Proia, S Di Loreto, C Pacitti - Brain research, 1987 - Elsevier
The electrophysiological characteristics of neurons of the nucleus tegmenti
pedunculopontinus (PPN), in particular of those projecting to the substantia nigra (SN), and …

Inhibitory substantia nigra inputs to the pedunculopontine neurons

AR Granata, ST Kitai - Experimental brain research, 1991 - Springer
Responses of 43 pedunculopontine area (PPN area) neurons to electrical stimulation of the
substantia nigra (SN) were studied in anesthetized rats. An intracellular recording technique …