Author name: Kristen Hartman

Gadd CA, Murtra P, De Felipe C, Hunt SP (2003) Neurokinin-1 receptor-expressing neurons in the amygdala modulate morphine reward and anxiety behaviors in the mouse. J Neurosci 23(23):8271-8280. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-23-08271.2003 Summary: Mice lacking the neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor are insensitive to opiates in models of drug abuse. To assess what areas of the brain may be […]

Gardell LR, Vanderah TW, Gardell SE, Wang R, Ossipov MH, Lai J, Porreca F (2003) Enhanced evoked excitatory transmitter release in experimental neuropathy requires descending facilitation. J Neurosci 23(23):8370-8379. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-23-08370.2003 Summary: The authors examine whether afferent discharge produced by nerve injury and central changes in experimental neuropathic pain might interact at the spinal level.

Cadiacio CL, Milner TA, Gallagher M, Pierce JP (2003) Hilar neuropeptide Y interneuron loss in the aged rat hippocampal formation. Exp Neurol 183(1):147-158. doi: 10.1016/s0014-4886(03)00126-2 Summary: The authors investigate the loss of neuropeptide Y-immunoreactive (NPY-I) interneurons in the dentate gyrus of aged rats. Their results show a loss of a select group of interneurons in

Scattoni ML, Calamandrei G, Ricceri L (2003) Neonatal cholinergic lesions and development of exploration upon administration of the GABAa receptor agonist muscimol in preweaning rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 76(2):213-221. doi: 10.1016/s0091-3057(03)00191-6 Summary: The authors investigated GABAergic development in young rats lesioned with two 0.42-ng injections of 192-Saporin (Cat. #IT-01) into the third ventricle. The rats

Birthelmer A, Lazaris A, Riegert C, Marques Pereira P, Koenig J, Jeltsch H, Jackisch R, Cassel JC (2003) Does the release of acetylcholine in septal slices originate from intrinsic cholinergic neurons bearing p75NTR receptors? A study using 192 IgG-saporin lesions in rats. Neuroscience 122(4):1059-1071. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2003.09.001 Summary: The authors used 0.8 µg injections of 192-Saporin

Wiley RG, Lappi DA (2003) Targeted toxins in pain. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 55(8):1043-1054. doi: 10.1016/s0169-409x(03)00102-9 Summary: The authors discuss the use of ‘molecular neurosurgery’ in the study of nociception. Applications using targeted toxins, which include immunotoxins, protein-toxin conjugates, or peptide-toxin conjugates, are illustrated. The authors describe the use of these molecules as research tools,

Levita L, Mania I, Rainnie DG (2003) Subtypes of substance P receptor immunoreactive interneurons in the rat basolateral amygdala. Brain Res 981(1-2):41-51. doi: 10.1016/s0006-8993(03)02870-1 Summary: SP-SAP (Cat. #IT-07) has been used to lesion substance P receptor (SPr)-expressing neurons in the basolateral amygdala (BLA), but the interneuron subgroups targeted by SP-SAP in the BLA have not

Lehmann O, Grottick AJ, Cassel JC, Higgins GA (2003) A double dissociation between serial reaction time and radial maze performance in rats subjected to 192 IgG-saporin lesions of the nucleus basalis and/or the septal region. Eur J Neurosci 18(3):651-666. doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02745.x Summary: Using 0.4-µl injections containing 0.4 µg of 192-Saporin (Cat. #IT-01) into either the

Mistlberger RE, Antle MC, Kilduff TS, Jones M (2003) Food- and light-entrained circadian rhythms in rats with hypocretin-2-saporin ablations of the lateral hypothalamus. Brain Res 980(2):161-168. doi: 10.1016/s0006-8993(03)02755-0 Summary: Food-anticipatory behaviors in mammals can follow circadian rhythms entrained by daily feeding schedules. Lateral hypothalamic (LH) neurons express hypocretin (also known as orexin) receptors, therefore rats