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Stuber, G.D., Klanker, M., de Ridder, B., Bowers, M.S., Joosten, R.N., Feenstra, M.G. and Bonci, A. "Reward-predictive cues enhance excitatory synaptic strength onto midbrain dopamine neurons." Science 321(5896): 1690-2.  Sep 19, 2008.

Argilli E, Sibley DR, Malenka RC, England PM, Bonci A. Mechanism and Time Course of Cocaine-Induced Long-Term Potentiation in the Ventral Tegmental Area. J Neurosci. 2008 Sep 10;28(37):9092-9100.

Bowers MS, Hopf FW, Chou JK, Guillory AM, Chang SJ, Janak PH, Bonci A, Diamond  Nucleus accumbens AGS3 expression drives ethanol seeking through Gβγ. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Aug 26;105(34):12533-8. Epub 2008 Aug 21.

L. S. Zweifel, E. Argilli, A. Bonci, and R. D. Palmiter. Role of NMDAR-Dependent Plasticity in Dopamine Neurons for Addictive Behaviors. Neuron. 2008 Aug 14;59(3):486-96.

Chen BT, Bowers MS, Martin M, Hopf FW, Guillory AM, Carelli RM, Chou JK, Bonci A. Cocaine but not natural reward self-administration nor passive cocaine infusion produces persistent LTP in the VTA.  Neuron. 2008 Jul 31;59(2):288-97.

Stuber GD, Hopf FW, Hahn J, Cho SL, Guillory A, Bonci A. Voluntary Ethanol Intake Enhances Excitatory Synaptic Strength in the Ventral Tegment. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2008 July 1. [Epub ahead of print]

Richards JK, Simms JA, Steensland P, Taha SA, Borgland SL, Bonci A and Bartlett SE. "Inhibition of orexin-1/hypocretin-1 receptors inhibits yohimbine-induced reinstatement of ethanol and sucrose seeking in Long-Evans rats." Psychopharmacology (Berl) 199(1): 109-17. 

Tye KM, Stuber GD, de Ridder B, Bonci A and Janak PH. "Rapid strengthening of thalamo-amygdala synapses mediates cue-reward learning." Nature 453(7199): 1253-7. 

Wanat MJ, Hopf FW, Stuber GD, Phillips PE and Bonci A. "Corticotropin-releasing factor increases mouse ventral tegmental area dopamine neuron firing through a protein kinase C-dependent enhancement of Ih." J Physiol 2008 586(8): 2157-70.

Bowers MS, Chen BT, Chou JK, Osborne MP, Gass JT, See RE, Bonci A, Janak PH, Olive MF.Acamprosate attenuates cocaine- and cue-induced reinstatement of cocaine-seeking behavior in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2007 Dec;195(3):397-406.

Hopf FW, Martin M, Chen BT, Bowers MS, Mohamedi MM and Bonci A. "Withdrawal from intermittent ethanol exposure increases probability of burst firing in VTA neurons in vitro." J Neurophysiol 2007 98(4): 2297-310.

Singh V, Carman M, Roeper J and Bonci A. "Brief ischemia causes long-term depression in midbrain dopamine neurons." Eur J Neurosci 2007 26(6): 1489-99.

Sarti F, Borgland SL, Kharazia VN and Bonci A. "Acute cocaine exposure alters spine density and long-term potentiation in the ventral tegmental area." Eur J Neurosci 2007 26(3): 749-56.

Bonci A and Singh V. "Dopamine dysregulation syndrome in Parkinson's disease patients: from reward to penalty." Ann Neurol 2006 59(5): 733-4. 

Inoue Y, Yao L, Hopf FW, Fan P, Jiang Z, Bonci A and Diamond I. "Nicotine and ethanol activate protein kinase A synergistically via G(i) betagamma subunits in nucleus accumbens/ventral tegmental cocultures: the role of dopamine D(1)/D(2) and adenosine A(2A) receptors." J Pharmacol Exp Ther 322(1): 23-9.

Schilstrom B, Yaka R, Argilli E, Suvarna N, Schumann J, Chen BT, Carman M, Singh V, Mailliard WS, Ron D, Bonci A. Cocaine Enhances NMDA Receptor-Mediated Currents in Ventral Tegmental Area Cells via Dopamine D5 Receptor-Dependent Redistribution of NMDA Receptors. J Neurosci. 2006 Aug 15;26(33):8549-58.

Martin M, Chen BT, Hopf FW, Bowers MS, Bonci A. Cocaine self-administration selectively abolishes LTD in the core of the nucleus accumbens. Nat Neurosci. 2006 Jul;9(7):868-9.

Borgland SL, Taha SA, Sarti F, Fields HL, Bonci A. Orexin A in the VTA is critical for the induction of synaptic plasticity and behavioral sensitization to cocaine. Neuron. 2006 Feb 16;49(4):589-601.

A. Bonci and F.W. Hopf. The Dopamine D2 Receptor: New Surprises from an Old Friend. Neuron. 2005 Aug 4;47(3):335-338.

Jones S, Bonci A. Synaptic plasticity and drug addiction. Curr Opin Pharmacol. 2005 Feb;5(1):20-5. Review

Hopf FW, Mailliard WS, Gonzalez GF, Diamond I, Bonci A. Atypical protein kinase C is a novel mediator of dopamine-enhanced firing in nucleus accumbens neurons. J Neurosci. 2005 Jan 26;25(4):985-9.

Borgland SL, Malenka RC, Bonci A. Acute and chronic cocaine-induced potentiation of synaptic strength in the ventral tegmental area: electrophysiological and behavioral correlates in individual rats. J Neurosci. 2004 Aug 25;24(34):7482-90.

M.A. Ungless, V. Singh, T.L. Crowder, R. Yaka, D. Ron, and A. Bonci. Corticotropin-releasing factor requires CRF binding protein to potentiate NMDA receptors via CRF receptor 2 in dopamine neurons. Neuron. 2003, 39(3):401-7.

F.W. Hopf, M.G. Cascini, A.S. Gordon, I. Diamond, and A. Bonci. Cooperative activation of dopamine D1 and D2 receptors increases spike firing of nucleus accumbens neurons via G-protein betagamma subunits. J Neurosci. 2003, 23(12):5079-87.

A. Bonci, G. Bernardi, P. Grillner, and N.B. Mercuri. The dopamine-containing neuron: maestro or simple musician in the orchestra of addiction? Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2003, 24(4):172-7.

D. Saal, Y. Dong, A. Bonci, R.C. Malenka. Drugs of abuse and stress trigger a common synaptic adaptation in dopamine neurons. Neuron. 2003, 37(4):577-82.

M. Melis, R. Camarini, M. Ungless, A. Bonci. Long-Lasting Potentiation of GABAergic Synapses in Dopamine Neurons after a Single In Vivo Ethanol Exposure. J. Neuroscience. 2002, 22(6):2074-82.

M. Ungless, J. Whistler, R. Malenka, A. Bonci. Single cocaine exposure in vivo induces long-term potentiation in dopamine neurons. Nature. 2001, 411(6837):583-7.

M. Thomas, C. Beurrier, A. Bonci, R. Malenka. Long-term depression in the nucleus accumbens: a neural correlate of behavioral sensitization to cocaine. Nature Neuroscience. 2001 4(12):1217-23.

M. Thomas, R.C. Malenka and A. Bonci. Modulation of Long-term Depression by Dopamine in the Mesolimbic System. J. Neuroscience. 2000, 20(15):5581-6.

A. Bonci and R.C. Malenka. Properties and Plasticity of Excitatory Synapses on Dopaminergic and GABAergic Cells in the Ventral Tegmental Area. J. Neuroscience. 1999, 19(10): 3723-3730.

A. Bonci, P. Grillner, N.B. Mercuri, A. Siniscalchi and G. Bernardi. L-type calcium channels modulate a slow excitatory synaptic transmission in rat midbrain dopaminergic neurons. J.Neuroscience. 1998, 1, 18(17): 6693-6703.

N.B. Mercuri, A. Bonci and G. Bernardi. Electrophysiological pharmacology of the autoreceptor-mediated responses of dopaminergic cells to dopamine agonists: implications in the therapy of Parkinson's disease. Trends Pharmacol. Sci. 1997, 18(7): 232-235. A. Bonci and J.T. Williams. Increased probability of GABA release after chronic morphine treatment. J. Neuroscience 1997, 17(2): 796-803.

A. Bonci and J.T. Williams. A common mechanism mediates long-term changes in synaptic transmission after chronic cocaineand morphine. Neuron 1996, 16: 631-639.