The Basal Ganglia VIII (eBook)

Oscillations in the Basal Ganglia: The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected.- Participation of Striatal Neurons in Large-Scale Oscillatory Networks.- Do Local Field Potentials Reflect Synchronized Spiking Activity of Neuronal Populations in the Basal Ganglia? Studies in a Rodent Model of Parkinson’s Disease.- A Partial Spectra Method for Predicting Spike Correlations from Local Field Potentials: Application to MPTP Induced Synchronization.- Propagation of Cortical Paroxysms in Basal Ganglia Circuits During Absence Seizures.- Limitations of the Isolated GP-STN Network.- Convergence and Plasticity of Inputs to Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons: The Generation of Synchronised Pauses.- Short and Long-Term Modulation of Synaptic Activity in Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons.- Striatal Acetylcholine Control of Reward-Related Dopamine Signalling.- Changes of Glutamatergic Control of Striatal Acetylcholine Release in Experimental Parkinsonism.- Peptidergic Regulation of Cholinergic Transmission in the Dorsal Striatum: Peptides and Acetylcholine in the Striatum.- Localization and Functions of Kainate Receptors in the Rat Globus Pallidus.- Oligomerization of Dopamine D1 and Glutamate NMDA Receptors: A New Mechanism Regulating Striatal Function.- Modulatory Role of NK1 Receptors in the Basal Ganglia. Studies in NK1-/- Mice.- Trace Amines Cause More than One Effect on Dopaminergic Neurons.- Regulation of Dopamine Release and Dopamine Cell Activity by Endogenous H2O2: Implications for Basal Ganglia Function.- Nociceptin/Orphanin FQ Modulates Neurotransmitter Release in the Substantia Nigra: Biochemical and Behavioural Outcome.- Motor Learning-Related Gene Regulation in the Striatum: Effects of Cocaine.- Opposing Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of Amphetamine Sensitization on Operant Responding For a Food Reinforcer.- Anterograde Trophic Mechanisms Participate in Pattern Formation in the Striatum: A Role For BDNF in Glutamatergic Afferents.- Developmental Assembly of GABA Receptors in the Rat Substantia Nigra.- High Frequency Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus: Electrophysiological and Neurochemical Aspects.- Downregulation of a Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor in Parkinsonian Basal Ganglia.- Pitx3 is Necessary for Survival of Midbrain Dopaminergic Neuron Subsets Relevant to Parkinson’s Disease.- D1-Dopamine Receptor Supersensitivity in the Dopamine-Depleted Striatum Involves a Novel Activation of Erk1/2.- Do Systemically Administered Glutamate Antagonists Affect Subthalamic Nucleus Activity? Relevance to Pharmacotherapy of Parkinson’s Disease.- Striatopallidal Changes in Early Parkinson’s Disease: Partial Dopamine Depletions.- Dynamic Models of Basal Ganglia Function and Parkinson’s Disease.- Striatal Grafts and Synaptic Plasticity.- Spontaneous Formation of Lewy Bodies in a Rodent.- Intralaminar Thalamic Nuclei are Main Regulators of Basal Ganglia Possible Involvement in the Pathophysiology of Parkinson’s Disease.- Activated Microglia Persist in the Substantia Nigra of a Chronic MPTP Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease.- Early Behavioral Phenotypes in Mouse Models of Huntington’s and Parkinson’s Diseases.- Synaptic Alterations in Genetic Mouse Models of Huntington's and Parkinson's Diseases: Is there a Common Thread?.- Changes in the Expression of Tonic and Phasic Neurochemical Markers of Activity in a Rat Model of L-DOPA Induced Dyskinesia.- Bilateral Somatosensory Responses of Pallidal Neurons in Humans Studied with Microrecording.- Alterations in Globus Pallidus Internus Firing Patterns are Associated with Different Movement Disorders.- Biochemical Markers of DBS-Induced Transition from "Off" to "On" State in Parkinsonian Patients.- Effect of Deep Brain Stimulation on Tremor.- Thalamic and Cortical Changes in Parkinsonian Disorders.- Neurogenesis in the Basal Ganglia in Huntington's Disease in the Human Brain and in an Animal Model.- The Ventral/Dorsal Divide: To Integrate or Separate.- Feedforward and Feedback Inhibition in the Neostriatum.- Dopaminergic Modulation of Cortical and Striatal Up States.- Integration of Cortical Activity by Striatal Medium Spiny Neurons.- Activation of NOS Interneurones in Striatum after Excitotoxic Lesions of Rat Globus Pallidus.- Electrical Synapses between Output Neurones of the Striatum and Between Neurones of the Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta.- Nitric Oxide Signaling Modulates the Responsiveness of Striatal.- Medium Spiny Neurons to Electrical Stimulation of the Substantia Nigra: Striatal Nitrergic Signaling.- Chandelier Neuron Cartridges in the Rat Prefrontal Cortex Contact Pyramidal Neurons Which Project to the Nucleus Accumbens.- The Pedunculopontine and Reinforcement.- The Pedunculopontine Nucleus: Towards a Functional Integration with the Basal Ganglia.- Glutamatergic and GABAergic Control of Pallidal Activity in Monkeys.- Combined Modeling and Extracellular Recording Studies of Up and Down Transitions of Neurons in Awake or Behaving Monkeys.- Sequential Motor Behavior and the Basal Ganglia: Evidence from a Serial Reaction Time Task in Monkeys.- GABAergic and Dopaminergic Modulation of Basal Ganglia Output in Primates.- The Basal Ganglia-Thalamocortical Circuit Originating in the Ventral Premotor Area (PMv) of the Macaque Monkey.- The Subthalamic Region of the Sheep.- Differential Localization of Vesicular Glutamate Transporters 1 and 2 in the Rat Striatum.- Local Connectivity Between Neurons of the Rat Globus Pallidus.- AUTHOR INDEX.- SUBJECT INDEX