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Groves, P. M., Wilson, C. J., Young, S. J., and Rebec, G. V. Self-inhibition by dopaminergic neurons: An alternative to the "neuronal feedback loop" hypothesis for the mode of action of certain psychotropic drugs. Science, 190:522-529, 1975.

Kamata, K. and Rebec, G. V. Dopaminergic and neostriatal neurons: Dose-dependent changes in sensitivity to amphetamine with long-term treatment. Neuropharmacology, 22:1377-1382, 1983.

Rebec, G. V. and Bashore, T. R. Critical issues in assessing the behavioral effects of amphetamine. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 8:153-159, 1984.

Alloway, K. D. and Rebec, G. V. Apomorphine-induced inhibition of neostriatal activity is enhanced by lesions induced by 6-hydroxydopamine but not by long-term administration of amphetamine. Neuropharmacology, 23:1033-1039, 1984.

Rebec, G. V., Centore, J. M., White, L. K., and Alloway, K. D. Ascorbic acid and the behavioral response to haloperidol: Implications for the action of antipsychotic drugs. Science, 227:438-440, 1985.

Anderson, G. D. and Rebec, G. V. Clozapine and haloperidol in the amygdaloid complex: Differential effects on dopamine transmission with long-term treatment. Biological Psychiatry, 23:497-506, 1988.

Rebec, G. V. and Curtis, S. D. Reciprocal zones of excitation and inhibition in the neostriatum. Synapse, 2:633-635, 1988.

Oh, C., Gardiner, T. W., and Rebec, G. V. Blockade of both D1 and D2 dopamine receptors inhibits amphetamine-induced ascorbate release in the neostriatum. Brain Research, 480:184-189, 1989.

White, L. K., Maurer, M., Kraft, M. E., Oh, C., and Rebec, G. V. Intrastriatal infusions of ascorbate antagonize the behavioral response to amphetamine. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 36:485-489, 1990.

Basse-Tomusk, A. and Rebec, G. V. Regional distribution of ascorbate and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) in rat neostriatum. Brain Research, 538:29-35, 1991.

Rebec, G. V. Changes in brain and behavior produced by amphetamine: a perspective based on microdialysis, voltammetry, and single-unit electrophysiology in freely moving animals. In Biochemistry and Physiology of Substance Abuse, CRC Series Physiology of Drug Abuse, Volume III, R. R. Watson, Ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 93-115, 1991.

Haracz, J. L., Tschanz, J. T., Wang, Z., White, I. M., and Rebec, G. V. Striatal single-unit responses to amphetamine and neuroleptics in freely moving rats. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 17:1-12, 1993.

White, I. M. and Rebec, G. V. Responses of rat striatal neurons during performance of a lever-release version of the conditioned avoidance response task. Brain Research, 616:71-82, 1993.

Pierce, R. C. and Rebec, G. V. Intraneostriatal administration of glutamate antagonists increases behavioral activation and decreases neostriatal ascorbate via non-dopaminergic mechanisms. Journal of Neuroscience, 13:4272-4280, 1993

Tschanz, J. T., Griffith, K. E., Haracz, J. L., and Rebec, G. V. Cortical lesions attenuate the opposing effects of amphetamine and haloperidol on neostriatal neurons in freely moving rats. European Journal of Pharmacology, 257:161-167, 1994.

Rebec, G. V. and Pierce, R. C. A vitamin as neuromodulator: ascorbate release into the extracellular fluid of the brain regulates dopaminergic and glutamatergic transmission. Progress in Neurobiology, 43:537-565, 1994.

Kiyatkin, E. A. and Rebec, G. V. Dopaminergic modulation of glutamate-induced excitations of neurons in the neostriatum and nucleus accumbens of awake, unrestrained rats. Journal of Neurophysiology, 75:142-153, 1996.

Garris, P. A., Christensen, J. R. C., Rebec, G. V., and Wightman, R. M. Real-time measurement of electrically evoked extracellular dopamine in the striatum of freely moving rats. Journal of Neurochemistry, 68:152-161, 1997.

Rebec, G. V., Grabner, C. P., Pierce, R. C., and Bardo, M. T. Transient increases in catecholaminergic activity in the medial prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens shell during novelty. Neuroscience, 76:707-714, 1997.

Rebec, G. V., Christensen, J. R. C., Guerra, C., and Bardo, M. T. Regional and temporal differences in dopamine efflux in the nucleus accumbens during free-choice novelty, Brain Research, 776:61-67, 1997.

Rebec, G. V. Real-time assessments of dopamine function during behavior: Single-unit recording, iontophoresis, and fast-scan cyclic voltammetry in awake, unrestrained rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 22:32-40, 1998.

Kiyatkin, E. A. and Rebec, G. V. Heterogeneity of ventral tegmental area neurons: single-unit recording and iontophoresis in awake, unrestrained rats. Neuroscience, 85:1285-1309, 1998.

Kiyatkin, E. A. and Rebec, G. V. Striatal neuronal activity and responsiveness to dopamine and glutamate after selective blockade of D1 and D2 dopamine receptors in freely moving rats. Journal of Neuroscience, 19:3594-3609, 1999.

Rebec. G. V. Stimulants and motor-related striatal neuronal activity. In: Brain Dynamics and the Striatal Complex, Miller, R. and Wickens, J. R. (eds.), Conceptual Advances in Brain Research Series, Gordon and Breach, Reading, pp. 51-63, 2000.

Kiyatkin, E. A., Kiyatkin, D. E., and Rebec, G. V. Phasic inhibition of dopamine uptake in nucleus accumbens induced by intravenous cocaine in freely behaving rats. Neuroscience, 98:729-741, 2000.

Heidenreich, B. A. and Rebec, G. V. Effects of crus cerebri lesions and repeated amphetamine treatment on the activity of nigral dopaminergic neurons. Synapse, 38:80-86, 2000.

Rebec, G. V. and Wang, Z. Behavioral activation in rats require endogenous ascorbate release in striatum. Journal of Neuroscience, 21:668-675, 2001

Rebec, G. V., Barton, S. J., and Ennis, M. D. Dysregulation of ascorbate in the striatum of behaving mice expressing the Huntington’s disease gene. Journal of Neuroscience, 22:RC202 (1-5), 2002.

Gulley, J. M., Kosobud, A. E. K., and Rebec, G. V. Behavior-related modulation of substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons in rats performing a conditioned reinforcement task. Neuroscience, 111(2):337-349, 2002.

Garris, P. A. and Rebec, G. V. Modeling fast dopamine neurotransmission in the nucleus accumbens during behavior. Behavioural Brain Research, 137:47-63, 2002.

Sun, W. L. and Rebec, G. V. Lidocaine inactivation of ventral subiculum attenuates cocaine-seeking behavior in rats. Journal of Neuroscience, 23:10258-10264, 2003.

Rebec, G. V., Witowski, S. R., Sandstrom, M. I., Rostand, R. D., and Kennedy, R. T. Extracellular ascorbate modulates cortically evoked glutamate dynamics in rat striatum. Neuroscience Letters, 378:166-170, 2005.

Wood, D. A., Buse, J. E., Wellman, C. L., Rebec, G. V. Differential environmental exposure alters NMDA but not AMPA receptor subunit expression in nucleus accumbens core and shell. Brain Research, 1042:176-183, 2005.

Sun, W.L., Akins, C.K., Mattingly, A.E., and Rebec, G. V. Ionotropic glutamate receptors in the ventral tegmental area regulate cocaine-seeking behavior in rats. Neuropsychopharmacology, 30:2073-2081, 2005.

Ball, K. T. and Rebec, G. V. Role of 5-HT2A AND 5-HT2C/B receptors in the acute effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) on striatal single-unit activity and locomotion in freely moving rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl), 181:676-687, 2005.

Rebec, G. V., Conroy, S. K., Barton, S. J. Hyperactive striatal neurons in symptomatic Huntington R6/2 mice: Variations with behavioral state and repeated ascorbate treatment. Neuroscience, in press, (Epub Oct. 26, 2005).

Rebec, G. V. and Sun, W. L. Neuronal substrates of relapse to cocaine-seeking behavior: role of prefrontal cortex. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, in press.

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