Paul Vezina

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Best Publications

• Sensitization of midbrain dopamine neuron reactivity and the self-administration of psychomotor stimulant drugs.

  Paul Vezina

  739
  Citations

• Nicotine-induced upregulation of nicotinic receptors: underlying mechanisms and relevance to nicotine addiction.

  Anitha P. Govind;Paul Vezina;William N. Green

  410
  Citations

• D1 dopamine receptor activation is necessary for the induction of sensitization by amphetamine in the ventral tegmental area

  Paul Vezina

  406
  Citations

• Amphetamine administered to the ventral tegmental area but not to the nucleus accumbens sensitizes rats to systemic morphine: lack of conditioned effects.

  Paul Vezina;Jane Stewart

  360
  Citations

• The effect of dopamine receptor blockade on the development of sensitization to the locomotor activating effects of amphetamine and morphine.

  Paul Vezina;Jane Stewart

  354
  Citations

• Sensitization of Midbrain Dopamine Neuron Reactivity Promotes the Pursuit of Amphetamine

  Paul Vezina;Daniel S. Lorrain;Gretchen M. Arnold;Jennifer D. Austin

  294
  Citations

• Predisposition to self-administer amphetamine: the contribution of response to novelty and prior exposure to the drug

  Peter J. Pierre;Paul Vezina

  285
  Citations

• Microinjections of Sch-23390 into the ventral tegmental area and substantia nigra pars reticulata attenuate the development of sensitization to the locomotor activating effects of systematic amphetamine

  Jane Stewart;Paul Vezina

  262
  Citations

• Conditioning and place-specific sensitization of increases in activity induced by morphine in the VTA

  Paul Vezina;Jane Stewart

  260
  Citations

• Amphetamine injected into the ventral tegmental area sensitizes the nucleus accumbens dopaminergic response to systemic amphetamine: an in vivo microdialysis study in the rat

  Paul Vezina

  230
  Citations

• Previous exposure to amphetamine increases incentive to obtain the drug: long-lasting effects revealed by the progressive ratio schedule.

  D.S Lorrain;G.M Arnold;P Vezina

  230
  Citations

• Sensitization occurs to the locomotor effects of morphine and the specific mu opioid receptor agonist, DAGO, administered repeatedly to the ventral tegmental area but not to the nucleus accumbens.

  Paul Vezina;Peter W. Kalivas;Jane Stewart

  215
  Citations

• Exposure to nicotine and sensitization of nicotine-induced behaviors.

  P. Vezina;D.S. McGehee;W.N. Green

  208
  Citations

• Amphetamine administered to the ventral tegmental area sensitizes rats to the locomotor effects of nucleus accumbens amphetamine.

  M Perugini;P Vezina

  204
  Citations

• Opposed Behavioural Outputs of Increased Dopamine Transmission in Prefrontocortical and Subcortical Areas: A Role for the Cortical D-1 Dopamine Receptor.

  P. Vezina;G. Blanc;J. Glowinski;J.-P. Tassin

  199
  Citations

• Metabotropic glutamate receptors and the generation of locomotor activity: Interactions with midbrain dopamine

  Paul Vezina;Jeong-Hoon Kim

  192
  Citations

• Conditioned cues and the expression of stimulant sensitization in animals and humans

  Paul Vezina;Marco Leyton

  191
  Citations

• Blockade of Prefronto-cortical α1-Adrenergic Receptors Prevents Locomotor Hyperactivity Induced by Subcortical D-Amphetamine Injection

  G. Blanc;F. Trovero;P. Vezina;D. Hervé

  189
  Citations

• Extinction procedures abolish conditioned stimulus control but spare sensitized responding to amphetamine

  J. Stewart;P. Vezina

  163
  Citations

• A comparison of the effects of intra-accumbens injections of amphetamine and morphine on reinstatement of heroin intravenous self-administration behavior.

  Jane Stewart;Paul Vezina

  160
  Citations

• Striatal ups and downs: their roles in vulnerability to addictions in humans.

  Marco Leyton;Paul Vezina

  145
  Citations