Cholecystokinin potentiates dopamine-mediated behaviors: evidence for modulation specific to a site of coexistence

JN Crawley, JA Stivers, LK Blumstein… - Journal of …, 1985 - Soc Neuroscience
Cholecystokinin coexists with dopamine in mesolimbic neurons in mammalian brain. When
injected directly into the nucleus accumbens, cholecystokinin (CCK) potentiated dopamine (…

[PDF][PDF] Antagonists of central and peripheral behavioral actions of cholecystokinin octapeptide.

JN Crawley, JA Stivers, DW Hommer… - … of Pharmacology and …, 1986 - Citeseer
Pharmacological studies on the behavioral functions of sulfated cholecystokinin (CCK) in the
gut and in the brain require potent, specific antagonists to CCK. Compounds identffied as …

Ventral tegmental oxytocin induces grooming

JA Stivers, MT Kaltwasser, PS Hill, VJ Hruby… - Peptides, 1988 - Elsevier
Bilateral microinjection of oxytocin (OXY) into the ventral tegmental area (VTA) of rat brain
produced a significant increase in grooming behaviors at doses from 100 pg to 400 ng. Sites …

Anatomical analysis of frontal cortex sites at which carbachol induces motor seizures in the rat

JA Stivers, LR Skirboll, R Long, JN Crawley - … Biochemistry and Behavior, 1988 - Elsevier
High amplitude spiking representative of seizures, accompanied by an unusual motor
behavior pattern of rearing and forelimbic clonus resembling “boxing,” was elicited by …

Cholinergic induction of seizures in the rat prefrontal cortex

JN Crawley, JA Stivers, JV Martin, WB Mendelson - Life sciences, 1986 - Elsevier
Intracerebral microinjection of the cholinergic agonist, carbachol, into the medial prefrontal
cortex of the rat, induced a profound behavioral syndrome consisting of repetitive, …

A lysosomal storage disorder in the BALB/c mouse: bone marrow transplantation

…, JE Barry, B Neumeyer, JA Stivers… - Veterinary …, 1984 - journals.sagepub.com
The morphological and biochemical consequences of transplanting affected bone marrow
from donor BALB/c mice with a lysosomal storage disorder (BALB/c LSD) into normal recipient …

Site of action of anorectic drugs: Glucoprivic-versus food deprivation-induced feeding

I Angel, JA Stivers, SM Paul, JN Crawley - Pharmacology Biochemistry and …, 1987 - Elsevier
Feeding induced by 2-deoxyglucose was compared with feeding induced by food deprivation
in terms of antagonism by anorectic drugs and of anatomical site of action. Glucoprivic …

Regulation of [3H] mazindol binding to subhypothalamic areas: involvement in glucoprivic feeding

I Angel, A Kiss, JA Stivers, L Skirboll, JN Crawley… - Brain Research …, 1986 - Elsevier
The distribution of low-affinity sodium-sensitive binding sites of [ 3 H]mazindol were studied
in rat hypothalamic nuclei. Using microdissection methods, it was demonstrated that the …

Substance P antagonists block carbachol-induced “boxing” behavior at a site of coexistence in the rat prefrontal cortex

JA Stivers, JN Crawley - Peptides, 1988 - Elsevier
A cholinergic projection from the dorsolateral tegmentum to the medial anterior cortex has
previously been shown to contain substance P and corticotropin releasing factor. Behavioral …

Neuropeptides modulate carbachol-stimulated “boxing” behavior in the rat medial frontal cortex

JN Crawley, JA Stivers, DM Jacobowitz - Neural and Endocrine Peptides …, 1986 - Springer
The discovery of neuropeptides in mammalian brain was followed by the iconoclastic revelation
that peptides coexist in the same neuron with classical neurotransmitters(Hökfelt et al., …