Forebrain dopamine neurons project down to a brainstem region controlling locomotion

Dopamine Differentially Modulates the Excitability of Striatal Neurons of the Direct and Indirect Pathways in Lamprey

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Evolution of the basal ganglia: Dual-output pathways conserved throughout vertebrate phylogeny

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Evolutionarily conserved differences in pallial and thalamic short-term synaptic plasticity in striatum

(2012) Jesper Ericsson et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

The Dopamine D2 Receptor Gene in Lamprey, Its Expression in the Striatum and Cellular Effects of D2 Receptor Activation

(2012) Brita Robertson et al.   PLoS One

Evolutionary Conservation of the Basal Ganglia as a Common Vertebrate Mechanism for Action Selection

(2011) Marcus Stephenson-Jones et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Striatal cellular properties conserved from lampreys to mammals

(2011) Jesper Ericsson et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Specific neural substrate linking respiration to locomotion

(2011) J.-F. Gariepy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Transformation of a Unilateral Locomotor Command into a Symmetrical Bilateral Activation in the Brainstem

(2010) F. Brocard et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Regulation of parkinsonian motor behaviours by optogenetic control of basal ganglia circuitry

(2010) Alexxai V. Kravitz et al.   NATURE

A parallel cholinergic brainstem pathway for enhancing locomotor drive

(2010) Roy Smetana et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

A Novel Neural Substrate for the Transformation of Olfactory Inputs into Motor Output

(2010) Dominique Derjean et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Evidence for a dopaminergic innervation of the pedunculopontine nucleus in monkeys, and its drastic reduction after MPTP intoxication

(2009) Anne-Sophie Rolland et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Forebrain dopamine depletion impairs motor behavior in lamprey

(2008) R. H. Thompson et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Neurochemical characterization of sea lamprey taste buds and afferent gustatory fibers: Presence of serotonin, calretinin, and CGRP immunoreactivity in taste bud bi-ciliated cells of the earliest vertebrates

(2008) Antón Barreiro-Iglesias et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Cellular and Synaptic Actions of Acetylcholine in the Lamprey Spinal Cord

(2008) Katharina A. Quinlan et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

NR4A2 controls the differentiation of selective dopaminergic nuclei in the zebrafish brain

(2008) Maryline Blin et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE

Real-time chemical responses in the nucleus accumbens differentiate rewarding and aversive stimuli

(2008) Mitchell F Roitman et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE