Cocaine challenge enhances release of neuroprotective amino acid taurine in the striatum of chronic cocaine treated rats: a microdialysis study

E Yablonsky-Alter, MS Agovic, E Gashi, TI Lidsky… - Brain research …, 2009 - Elsevier
Drug addiction is a serious public health problem. There is increasing evidence on the
involvement of augmented glutamatergic transmission in cocaine-induced addiction and …

Clozapine protection against gestational cocaine-induced neurochemical abnormalities

E Yablonsky-Alter, E Gashi, TI Lidsky, HY Wang… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2005 - ASPET
Clozapine was found to be effective in attenuating cocaine-induced neurochemical effects.
We investigate whether clozapine influences in utero cocaine exposure-induced changes in …

Mechanisms for metoclopramide-mediated sensitization and haloperidol-induced catalepsy in rats

MS Agovic, E Yablonsky-Alter, TI Lidsky… - European journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Typical antipsychotics such as the dopamine D 2 receptor antagonist, haloperidol are known
to cause movement disorders or catalepsy in experimental animals. Catalepsy is believed …

Sexually dimorphic development and binding characteristics of NMDA receptors in the brain of the platyfish

KM Flynn, MP Schreibman, E Yablonsky-Alter… - General and …, 1999 - Elsevier
This study investigated age- and gender-specific variations in properties of the glutamate N-methyl-d
-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) in a freshwater teleost, the platyfish (Xiphophorus …

Chronic cocaine enhances release of neuroprotective amino acid taurine: a microdialysis study

E Yablonski-Alter, M Agovic, E Gashi, T Lidsky… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
Cocaine inhibits high-affinity neurotransmitter uptake at the presynaptic nerve terminals to
increase synaptic levels of dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin^1^. This increase of …

[HTML][HTML] Elevated GABA levels in the medial prefrontal cortex and lower estrogen levels abolish cocaine sensitization behavior in ovariectomized female rats

L Freese, MF de Souza, MS Nin, G Calleti, VF Peres… - Brain Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Animal models show that cocaine sensitization, a behavioral marker of addiction, is more
significant in intact gonadal female than male rats and ovariectomy suppress this behavior in …

[BOOK][B] A developmental study of the NMDA receptor

KM Flynn - 1998 - search.proquest.com
… Shailesh Banerjee, Elena YablonskyAlter, and Stacia Sower for sharing their space, their
knowledge, and their time. [Supported by SICB (GLA) to KMF and NASA (NCC2-963) and PSC …

[BOOK][B] Role of Dopaminergic and Glutamatergic Systems of the Striatum in the Mechanisms of d-Amphetamine and Ammonia Neurotoxicity

E Anderzhanova - 2003 - trepo.tuni.fi
The study focused on the chemical changes in the rat striatum induced by d-amphetamine
and sydnocarb. Sydnocarb is a Russian-invented psychostimulant that is not addictive and …

[BOOK][B] Abnormal expression of the NMDA receptor NR3A subunit: A potential mechanism for NMDA receptor dysfunction in schizophrenia

HT Mueller - 2004 - search.proquest.com
NMDA receptor (NMDAR) dysfunction has been implicated in the pathophysiology of
schizophrenia based on findings that phencyclidine, a noncompetitive open channel blocker of the …