Fast-scan cyclic voltammetry (FSCV) has been used for over 20 years to study rapid
neurotransmission in awake and behaving animals. These experiments were first carried out …

Background: Dopamine is a potent neuromodulator in the brain, influencing a variety of
motivated behaviors and involved in several neurologic diseases. Measurements of …

The authors test a neurocomputational model of dopamine function in cognition by
administering to healthy participants low doses of D₂ agents cabergoline and haloperidol …

The fast sampling rates of fast scan cyclic voltammetry make it a favorable method for
measuring changes in brain monoamine release and uptake kinetics in slice, anesthetized …

Dopamine fundamentally contributes to reinforcement learning, but recent accounts also
suggest a contribution to specific action selection mechanisms and the regulation of …

Since the first implant of a carbon microelectrode in a rat 35 years ago, there have been
substantial advances in the sensitivity, selectivity and temporal resolution of electrochemical …

Drugs of abuse hijack brain-reward circuitry during the addiction process by augmenting
action potential-dependent phasic dopamine release events associated with learning and …

Highly boron-doped diamond (BDD) was deposited on chemically etched micrometer-sized
tungsten wires using microwave plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD), and …

Aversive stimuli have a powerful impact on behavior and are considered to be the opposite
valence of pleasure. Recent studies have determined some populations of ventral tegmental …

There is compelling evidence that acute ethanol exposure stimulates ventral tegmental area
(VTA) dopamine cell activity and that VTA-dependent dopamine release in terminal fields …