Charles R. Gerfen

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Charles R. Gerfen

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D1 and D2 dopamine receptor-regulated gene expression of striatonigral and striatopallidal neurons. (1990) (2909)
A mesoscale connectome of the mouse brain (2014) (1852)
The neostriatal mosaic: multiple levels of compartmental organization (1992) (1550)
Modulation of striatal projection systems by dopamine. (2011) (1307)
The neostriatal mosaic: multiple levels of compartmental organization in the basal ganglia. (1992) (1001)
A Designer AAV Variant Permits Efficient Retrograde Access to Projection Neurons (2016) (809)
The neostriatal mosaic: compartmentalization of corticostriatal input and striatonigral output systems (1984) (804)
Targeting Cre Recombinase to Specific Neuron Populations with Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Constructs (2007) (799)
The organization of projections from the cortes, amygdala, and hypothalamus to the nucleus of the solitary tract in rat (1984) (727)
Distribution of striatonigral and striatopallidal peptidergic neurons in both patch and matrix compartments: an in situ hybridization histochemistry and fluorescent retrograde tracing study (1988) (665)
The neostriatal mosaic: compartmental distribution of calcium-binding protein and parvalbumin in the basal ganglia of the rat and monkey. (1985) (622)
Multiple D2 dopamine receptors produced by alternative RNA splicing (1989) (602)
Current Protocols In Neuroscience (1999) (587)
The neostriatal mosaic. I. compartmental organization of projections from the striatum to the substantia nigra in the rat (1985) (559)
A targeted mutation of the D3 dopamine receptor gene is associated with hyperactivity in mice. (1996) (487)
GENSAT BAC Cre-Recombinase Driver Lines to Study the Functional Organization of Cerebral Cortical and Basal Ganglia Circuits (2013) (472)
Molecular cloning and expression of a D1 dopamine receptor linked to adenylyl cyclase activation. (1990) (465)
The frontal cortex-basal ganglia system in primates. (1996) (464)
The neostriatal mosaic: striatal patch-matrix organization is related to cortical lamination. (1989) (456)
Crossed connections of the substantia nigra in the rat (1982) (432)
A motor cortex circuit for motor planning and movement (2015) (404)
Role of dynorphin and enkephalin in the regulation of striatal output pathways and behavior (1998) (366)
Compartmental organization of the ventral striatum of the rat: Immunohistochemical distribution of enkephalin, substance P, dopamine, and calcium‐binding protein (1989) (361)
Altered striatal function in a mutant mouse lacking D1A dopamine receptors. (1994) (359)
Maintenance of persistent activity in a frontal thalamocortical loop (2017) (357)
D1 Dopamine Receptor Supersensitivity in the Dopamine-Depleted Striatum Results from a Switch in the Regulation of ERK1/2/MAP Kinase (2002) (357)
A Complex Program of Striatal Gene Expression Induced by Dopaminergic Stimulation (1998) (336)
Molecular effects of dopamine on striatal-projection pathways (2000) (331)
Evidence for a projection from the lateral preoptic area and substantia innominata to the ‘mesencephalic locomotor region’ in the rat (1984) (326)
A platform for brain-wide imaging and reconstruction of individual neurons (2015) (312)
An anterograde neuroanatomical tracing method that shows the detailed morphology of neurons, their axons and terminals: Immunohistochemical localization of an axonally transported plant lectin,Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin (PHA-L) (1984) (300)
Hierarchical organization of cortical and thalamic connectivity (2019) (289)
Reconstruction of 1,000 Projection Neurons Reveals New Cell Types and Organization of Long-Range Connectivity in the Mouse Brain (2019) (248)
Distinct descending motor cortex pathways and their roles in movement (2017) (239)
Cloning and expression of an A1 adenosine receptor from rat brain. (1991) (233)
A direct GABAergic output from the basal ganglia to frontal cortex (2014) (228)
Spatially Compact Neural Clusters in the Dorsal Striatum Encode Locomotion Relevant Information (2016) (220)
Levodopa replacement therapy alters enzyme activities in striatum and neuropeptide content in striatal output regions of 6-hydroxydopamine lesioned rats (1991) (196)
High-performance probes for light and electron microscopy (2015) (186)
Substance P (neurokinin-1) receptor mRNA is selectively expressed in cholinergic neurons in the striatum and basal forebrain (1991) (181)
Synaptic organization of the striatum. (1988) (168)
D1 dopamine receptor-deficient mouse: cocaine-induced regulation of immediate-early gene and substance P expression in the striatum (1996) (158)
Chapter II The basal ganglia (1996) (157)
Hypothalamic and other connections with dorsal CA2 area of the mouse hippocampus (2013) (155)
Visceral cortex: A direct connection from prefrontal cortex to the solitary nucleus in rat (1982) (154)
The development and restriction of the ipsilateral retinofugal projection in the chick. (1983) (143)
The Neuroanatomical Organization of the Basal Ganglia (2010) (142)
D1–D2 dopamine receptor synergy in striatum: effects of intrastriatal infusions of dopamine agonists and antagonists on immediate early gene expression (1995) (130)
Priming for l-dopa-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson’s disease: A feature inherent to the treatment or the disease? (2009) (130)
The Basal Ganglia (2015) (125)
Mechanisms of striatal pattern formation: conservation of mammalian compartmentalization. (1990) (122)
Deconstruction of Corticospinal Circuits for Goal-Directed Motor Skills (2017) (114)
Genetic-Based Dissection Unveils the Inputs and Outputs of Striatal Patch and Matrix Compartments (2016) (109)
D1 Dopamine Receptor Supersensitivity in the Dopamine-Depleted Striatum Animal Model of Parkinson’s Disease (2003) (108)
Distribution and compartmental organization of GABAergic medium-sized spiny neurons in the mouse nucleus accumbens (2012) (106)
Striatopallidal dysfunction underlies repetitive behavior in Shank3-deficient model of autism (2017) (102)
Dynorphin opioid inhibition of cocaine‐induced, D1 dopamine receptor‐mediated immediatem‐early gene expression in the striatum (1995) (101)
Increased vulnerability of nigrostriatal terminals in DJ-1-deficient mice is mediated by the dopamine transporter (2007) (97)
Striosome–dendron bouquets highlight a unique striatonigral circuit targeting dopamine-containing neurons (2016) (94)
Neural inputs to the prefrontal agranular insular cortex in the rat: Horseradish peroxidase study (1979) (94)
Topographic precision in sensory and motor corticostriatal projections varies across cell type and cortical area (2018) (91)
Dynorphin regulates D1 dopamine receptor‐mediated responses in the striatum: Relative contributions of pre‐ and postsynaptic mechanisms in dorsal and ventral striatum demonstrated by altered immediate‐early gene induction (1996) (83)
Multiresolution image registration procedure using spline pyramids (1993) (79)
Differences between Dorsal and Ventral Striatum in Drd1a Dopamine Receptor Coupling of Dopamine- and cAMP-Regulated Phosphoprotein-32 to Activation of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase (2008) (74)
Enkephalin regulates acute D2 dopamine receptor antagonist-induced immediate-early gene expression in striatal neurons (1999) (74)
Neostriatal dopamine receptors (1994) (73)
Long distance projections of cortical pyramidal neurons (2018) (71)
D1 dopamine receptor‐mediated induction of zif268 and c‐fos in the dopamine‐depleted striatum: Differential regulation and independence from NMDA receptors (1996) (71)
Plant lectins and bacterial toxins as tools for tracing neuronal connections (1985) (68)
Catecholamines in the Central Nervous System (1997) (64)
Phospholipase C I and II brain isozymes: immunohistochemical localization in neuronal systems in rat brain. (1988) (61)
Cocaine effects on gene regulation in the striatum and behavior: increased sensitivity in D3 dopamine receptor‐deficient mice (2000) (61)
CHAPTER 18 – Basal Ganglia (2004) (60)
Postingestive Modulation of Food Seeking Depends on Vagus-Mediated Dopamine Neuron Activity (2020) (58)
Indirect-pathway neurons lose their spines in Parkinson disease (2006) (58)
Tactile sensory input regulates basal and apomorphine‐induced immediate‐early gene expression in rat barrel cortex (1994) (57)
Intracranial self-stimulation in the thalamus of the rat (1982) (56)
[13] - Phaseolus vulgaris Leucoagglutinin Anterograde Axonal Transport Technique (1990) (55)
Intracranial self-stimulation from the sulcal prefrontal cortex in the rat: The effect of 6-hydroxydopamine or kainic acid lesions at the site of stimulation (1981) (51)
Npas1+-Nkx2.1+ Neurons Are an Integral Part of the Cortico-pallido-cortical Loop (2019) (48)
Dopamine Receptor Function in the Basal Ganglia (1995) (47)
Reversal of supersensitive striatal dopamine D1 receptor signaling and extracellular signal-regulated kinase activity in dopamine-deficient mice (2006) (46)
The PHA-L Anterograde Axonal Tracing Method (1989) (44)
Basic Neuroanatomical Methods (1997) (43)
An anterograde neuroanatomical tracing method that shows the detailed morphology of neurons, their axons and terminals: Immunohistochemical localization of an axonally transported plant lectin, Phaseolus vulgaris-leucoagglutinin (PHA-L) (1984) (42)
Activation of Striatal Neurons Causes a Perceptual Decision Bias during Visual Change Detection in Mice (2018) (41)
Quantification of in Situ Hybridization Histochemistry for Analysis of Brain Function (1989) (40)
D1 and D2 dopamine receptor regulation of striatonigral and striatopallidal neurons (1992) (38)
A midbrain-thalamus-cortex circuit reorganizes cortical dynamics to initiate movement (2022) (38)
A note on the transneuronal transport of wheat germ agglutinin-conjugated horseradish peroxidase in the avian and rodent visual systems (2004) (35)
Immunohistochemical localization of a brain isozyme of phospholipase C (PLC III) in astroglia in rat brain (1989) (34)
Phasic dopamine neuron activity elicits unique mesofrontal plasticity in adolescence (2014) (34)
A Causal Role for Mouse Superior Colliculus in Visual Perceptual Decision-Making (2019) (33)
Activation of Striatal Neurons Causes a Perceptual Decision Bias during Visual Change Detection in Mice (2018) (31)
Plasticity within striatal direct pathway neurons after neonatal dopamine depletion is mediated through a novel functional coupling of serotonin 5‐HT2 receptors to the ERK 1/2 map kinase pathway (2006) (30)
Identification of RanBP 9/10 as Interacting Partners for Protein Kinase C (PKC) γ/δ and the D1 Dopamine Receptor: Regulation of PKC-Mediated Receptor Phosphorylation (2010) (30)
NEOSTRIATAL DOPAMINE RECEPTORS. REPLY (1994) (28)
Cleavage of neuronal synaptosomal‐associated protein of 25 kDa by exogenous matrix metalloproteinase‐7 (2007) (27)
Matrix metalloproteinase-7 modulates synaptic vesicle recycling and induces atrophy of neuronal synapses (2007) (26)
Molecular neuroanatomic mechanisms of Parkinson's disease: a proposed therapeutic approach. (1992) (25)
Dopamine-mediated gene regulation in the striatum. (1998) (25)
Catecholamines in the central nervous system. Overview. (1998) (25)
Dopamine-mediated gene regulation in models of Parkinson's disease. (2000) (24)
NCS-Rapgef2, the Protein Product of the Neuronal Rapgef2 Gene, Is a Specific Activator of D1 Dopamine Receptor-Dependent ERK Phosphorylation in Mouse Brain (2017) (23)
Molecular neurobiology of dopamine receptor subtypes (1992) (21)
Differential distribution of signal-transducing G-proteins in retina (1987) (20)
Cell-type-specific recruitment of GABAergic interneurons in the primary somatosensory cortex by long-range inputs (2021) (20)
Lack of a role for the D3 receptor in clozapine induction of c-fos demonstrated in D3 dopamine receptor-deficient mice (1999) (18)
An Amygdala Circuit Mediates Experience-Dependent Momentary Arrests during Exploration (2020) (16)
D1 Dopamine Receptor Supersensitivity in the Dopamine-Depleted Striatum (2010) (16)
Behavioral role of PACAP signaling reflects its selective distribution in glutamatergic and GABAergic neuronal subpopulations (2020) (16)
Phasic dopamine neuron activity elicits unique mesofrontal plasticity in adolescence. (2014) (16)
Cholinergic neurons constitutively engage the ISR for dopamine modulation and skill learning in mice (2021) (14)
Cocaine-Dependent Acquisition of Locomotor Sensitization and Conditioned Place Preference Requires D1 Dopaminergic Signaling through a Cyclic AMP, NCS-Rapgef2, ERK, and Egr-1/Zif268 Pathway (2020) (13)
Calcium binding protein in the basal ganglia system of a non-mammalian vertebrate: an immunohistochemical study in the reptileCaiman crocodilus (1988) (13)
Erratum: The neostriatal mosaic: compartmentalization of corticostriatal input and striatonigral output systems (1984) (13)
The Neostriatal Mosaic: Compartmental Organization of Mesostriatal Systems (1987) (13)
Whole Mouse Brain Image Reconstruction from Serial Coronal Sections Using FIJI (ImageJ) (2015) (12)
Automatic navigation system for the mouse brain (2018) (12)
Local infusion of the (±)-α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionate/kainate receptor antagonist 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione does not block d1 dopamine receptor-mediated increases in immediate early gene expression in the dopamine-depleted striatum (1999) (10)
Whole mouse brain reconstruction and registration to a reference atlas with standard histochemical processing of coronal sections (2019) (10)
A midbrain - thalamus - cortex circuit reorganizes cortical dynamics to initiate planned movement (2020) (10)
Functional Neuroanatomy of Dopamine in the Striatum (2009) (9)
Relations Between Cortical and Basal Ganglia Compartments (1994) (8)
Author Correction: Topographic precision in sensory and motor corticostriatal projections varies across cell type and cortical area (2018) (7)
Basic Neuroanatomical Methods (2019) (7)
Calcium binding protein in the basal ganglia system of a non-mammalian vertebrate: an immunohistochemical study in the reptile Caiman crocodilus. (1988) (7)
Neuroanatomical Methods (2003) (5)
Topographic precision in sensory and motor corticostriatal projections varies across cell type and cortical area (2018) (4)
The neostriatal mosaic: multiple levels of compartmental organization. (1992) (3)
Functional organization of the striatum: relevance to actions of psychostimulant drugs of abuse. (1993) (3)
An amygdala circuit mediates experience-dependent momentary exploratory arrests (2019) (3)
Distributed processing for action control by prelimbic circuits targeting anterior-posterior dorsal striatal subregions (2021) (2)
Organization of Cortical and Thalamic Input to Inhibitory Neurons in Mouse Motor Cortex (2021) (2)
Segregation of D1 and D2 dopamine receptors in the striatal direct and indirect pathways: An historical perspective (2023) (1)
Hierarchical organization of cortical and thalamic connectivity (2019) (1)
Cell type-specific variation of somatotopic precision across corticostriatal projections (2018) (1)
Neuroanatomical Methods (2006) (0)
Distributed processing for value-based choice by prelimbic circuits targeting anterior-posterior dorsal striatal subregions in male mice (2023) (0)
Superior colliculus cell types bidirectionally modulate choice activity in frontal cortex (2023) (0)
Dopamine receptor function in the basal ganglia. Discussion (1995) (0)
Excessive Firing of Dyskinesia-Associated Striatal Direct Pathway Neurons is Gated By Dopamine and Excitatory Synaptic Input (2022) (0)
Striatal direct pathway neurons play leading roles in accelerating rotarod motor skill learning (2022) (0)
D1-Dopamine Receptor Supersensitivity in the Dopamine-Depleted Striatum Involves a Novel Activation of ERK1/2 (2005) (0)
Distinct descending motor cortex pathways and their roles in movement (2018) (0)
Decision letter: Bi-channel image registration and deep-learning segmentation (BIRDS) for efficient, versatile 3D mapping of mouse brain (2020) (0)
Data related to: A thalamocortical loop underlies selective persistent activity in frontal cortex Zengcai V. Guo, Hidehiko K. Inagaki, Kayvon Daie, Shaul Druckmann, Charles R. Gerfen & Karel Svoboda Nature. 2017. (2016) (0)
Human Neuroscience (2009) (0)
Neuroanatomical Methods (2007) (0)
Preface (2005) (0)
Response : Controls for Lesions of the Nigrostriatal Dopamine System (1991) (0)
Basal ganglia circuits (2020) (0)
Preface (2012) (0)
Neuroanatomical Methods (2004) (0)
Correction: Jiang et al., NCS-Rapgef2, the Protein Product of the Neuronal Rapgef2 Gene, Is a Specific Activator of D1 Dopamine Receptor-Dependent ERK Phosphorylation in Mouse Brain (eNeuro September/October 2017, 4(5) e0248-17.2017 1-17 https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0248-17.2017) (2018) (0)
Phospholipase CIandIIbrain isozymes: Immunohistochemical localization inneuronal systems inratbrain (1988) (0)
Preface (1997) (0)
Postingestive Modulation of Food Seeking Depends on Vagus-Mediated Dopamine Neuron Activity (2023) (0)
This Week in The Journal (2020) (0)
Contributors to Volume 1 (1989) (0)
Author Correction: Topographic precision in sensory and motor corticostriatal projections varies across cell type and cortical area (2018) (0)