Author name: Kristen Hartman

Milstein JA, Lehmann O, Theobald DE, Dalley JW, Robbins TW (2007) Selective depletion of cortical noradrenalin by anti-dopamine beta-hydroxylase-saporin impairs attentional function and enhances the effects of guanfacine in the rat. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 190(1):51-63. doi: 10.1007/s00213-006-0594-x Summary: Building on previous work, the authors examined the effect of cortical noradrenalin depletion on a reaction time task. […]

Pedrino GR, Maurino I, de Almeida Colombari DS, Cravo SL (2006) Role of catecholaminergic neurons of the caudal ventrolateral medulla in cardiovascular responses induced by acute changes in circulating volume in rats. Exp Physiol 91(6):995-1005. doi: 10.1113/expphysiol.2006.034611 Summary: Catecholaminergic neurons in the caudal ventrolateral medulla (CVLM) are thought to help regulate body fluid homeostasis and

Garcia-Alloza M, Zaldua N, Diez-Ariza M, Marcos B, Lasheras B, Javier Gil-Bea F, Ramirez MJ (2006) Effect of selective cholinergic denervation on the serotonergic system: implications for learning and memory. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 65(11):1074-1081. doi: 10.1097/01.jnen.0000240469.20167.89 Summary: The authors compared two lesioning methods using 192-Saporin (Cat. #IT-01) to examine the role of the serotonergic

Banihashemi L, Rinaman L (2006) Noradrenergic inputs to the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus underlie hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis but not hypophagic or conditioned avoidance responses to systemic yohimbine. J Neurosci 26(44):11442-11453. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3561-06.2006 Summary: Yohimbine (YO) is an a2 adrenoceptor antagonist that increases transmitter release from adrenergic/noradrenergic (NA) neurons.

Kalinchuk AV, Porkka-Heiskanen T, McCarley RW (2006) Basal forebrain and saporin cholinergic lesions: the devil dwells in delivery details. Sleep 29:1385-1389. doi: 10.1093/sleep/29.11.1385 Summary: The authors of this commentary discuss results presented by Blanco-Centurion et al. The topic is the role of adenosine in the basal forebrain in the control of sleep homeostasis. Discussion covers

Willis CL, Ray DE, Marshall H, Elliot G, Evans JG, Kind CN (2006) Basal forebrain cholinergic lesions reduce heat shock protein 72 response but not pathology induced by the NMDA antagonist MK-801 in the rat cingulate cortex. Neurosci Lett 407(2):112-117. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.08.020 Summary: The NMDA receptor antagonist MK-801 may have use in establishing a model