Hyperlocomotion and indifference to cocaine and amphetamine in mice lacking the dopamine transporter

Drugs abused by humans preferentially increase synaptic dopamine concentrations in the mesolimbic system of freely moving rats.

G. Di Chiara, Assunta Impérato · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1988 · 4.7K citations · Full text

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +17

Cocaine Receptors on Dopamine Transporters Are Related to Self-Administration of Cocaine

Mary C. Ritz, R. J. Lamb, Steven R. Goldberg et al. · Science · 1987 · 2.2K citations

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +14

Amphetamine and apomorphine responses in the rat following 6-OHDA lesions of the nucleus accumbens septi and corpus striatum

Peter H. Kelly, P. W. Seviour, Susan D. Iversen · Brain Research · 1975 · 1.7K citations

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +16

Amphetamine redistributes dopamine from synaptic vesicles to the cytosol and promotes reverse transport

David Sulzer, T J H Chen, YY Lau et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 1995 · 687 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +14

Parkinsonian-like locomotor impairment in mice lacking dopamine D2 receptors

Ja‐Hyun Baik, Roberto Picetti, Adolfo Saiardi et al. · Nature · 1995 · 648 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +14