Agu Pert

Best Publications

• Nicotinic binding in rat brain: autoradiographic comparison of [3H]acetylcholine, [3H]nicotine, and [125I]-alpha-bungarotoxin

  PB Clarke;RD Schwartz;SM Paul;CB Pert

  1321
  Citations

• Autoradiographic evidence for nicotine receptors on nigrostriatal and mesolimbic dopaminergic neurons

  Paul B.S. Clarke;Agu Pert

  773
  Citations

• (D-Ala2)-Met-enkephalinamide: a potent, long-lasting synthetic pentapeptide analgesic

  Candace B. Pert;Agu Pert;Jaw-Kang Chang;Bosco T. W. Fong

  673
  Citations

• Sites of morphine induced analgesia in the primate brain: relation to pain pathways.

  Agu Pert;Tony Yaksh

  470
  Citations

• Long-term treatment with lithium prevents the development of dopamine receptor supersensitivity.

  Agu Pert;Jack E. Rosenblatt;Carlos Sivit;Candace B. Pert

  399
  Citations

• The periaqueductal gray matter mediates opiate-induced immunosuppression.

  Richard J. Weber;Agu Pert

  399
  Citations

• Autoradiographic distribution of nicotine receptors in rat brain

  Paul B.S. Clarke;Candace B. Pert;Agu Pert

  367
  Citations

• Afferents to brain stem nuclei (brain stem raphe, nucleus reticularis pontis caudalis and nucleus gigantocellularis) in the rat as demonstrated by microiontophoretically applied horseradish peroxidase.

  Dorothy W. Gallager;Agu Pert

  366
  Citations

• Neurochemical and behavioral effects of systemic and intranigral administration of N-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine in the rat.

  C.C. Chiueh;S.P. Markey;R.S. Burns;J.N. Johannessen

  328
  Citations

• Opiate receptor affinities and behavioral effects of enkephalin: Structure-activity relationship of ten synthetic peptide analogues

  Jaw-Kang Chang;Bosco T.W. Fong;Agu Pert;Candace B. Pert

  316
  Citations

• Neuroanatomical focus for morphine and enkaphalin-induced hypermotility

  Agu Pert;Carlos Sivit

  309
  Citations

• Innervation of substantia nigra neurons by cholinergic afferents from pedunculopontine nucleus in the rat: neuroanatomical and electrophysiological evidence

  P.B.S. Clarke;D.W. Hommer;A. Pert;L.R. Skirboll

  290
  Citations

• Comparative localization of neurotensin receptors on nigrostriatal and mesolimbic dopaminergic terminals.

  R. Quirion;C.C. Chiueh;H.D. Everist;A. Pert

  271
  Citations

• Context-dependent cocaine sensitization: differential effect of haloperidol on development versus expression.

  Susan R.B. Weiss;Robert M. Post;Agu Pert;Ruth Woodward

  266
  Citations

• Electrophysiological actions of nicotine on substantia nigra single units

  P.B.S. Clarke;D.W. Hommer;A. Pert;L.R. Skirboll

  249
  Citations

• Opiate receptor gradients in monkey cerebral cortex: correspondence with sensory processing hierarchies.

  Michael E. Lewis;Mortimer Mishkin;Evgeni Bragin;Roger M. Brown

  235
  Citations

• Haloperidol-induced presynaptic dopamine supersensitivity is blocked by chronic lithium

  Dorothy W. Gallager;Agu Pert;William E. Bunney

  234
  Citations

• CRF-induced seizures and behavior: interaction with amygdala kindling.

  Susan R.B. Weiss;Robert M. Post;Philip W. Gold;George Chrousos

  211
  Citations

• Apparent antioxidant effect of l-deprenyl on hydroxyl radical formation and nigral injury elicited by MPP+ in vivo

  Ruey-Meei Wu;Ruey-Meei Wu;Chuang C. Chiueh;Agu Pert;Dennis L. Murphy

  209
  Citations

• Antagonism of 5-HT3 receptors attenuates the effects of ethanol on extracellular dopamine.

  Krystyna M. Wozniak;Agu Pert;Markku Linnoila

  209
  Citations