Labratory Research

Laboratory Research Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Frantz, K. J. & Van Hartesveldt, C. (1994) Sulpiride antagonizes the biphasic locomotor effects of quinpirole in weanling rats.  Psychopharmacology 119(3):  299-304.   
 Frantz, K. J., Babcock, D. M. & Van Hartesveldt, C. (1996) The locomotor effects of a putative dopamine D3 receptor agonist in weanling rats.  European Journal of Pharmacology, 302:  1-6. 
Gendreau, P. L., Petitto, J. M., Schnauss, R., Frantz, K. J., Van Hartesveldt, C., Gariépy, J.-L. & Lewis, M. H. (1997) Effects of the putative D3 dopamine receptor antagonist PNU-99194A on motor behavior and emotional reactivity in C57BL/6J mice.  European Journal of Pharmacology, 337:  147-155.   
Frantz, K. J. & Van Hartesveldt, C. (1999) The locomotor effects of MK801 in the nucleus accumbens of developing and adult rats.  European Journal of Pharmacology, 368:  125-135. 
Frantz, K. J. & Van Hartesveldt, C. (1999) Locomotion elicited by MK801 in developing and adult rats:
temporal, environmental, and gender effects.  European Journal of Pharmacology, 369:  145-157.
Frantz, K. J. & Van Hartesveldt, C. (1999) The locomotor effects of quinpirole in rats depend on age and gender.  Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 64(4): 821-826.
Frantz, K. J., Hansson, K. J., Stouffer, D. G., Parsons, L. H. (2002)  5-HT6 receptor antagonism potentiates the behavioral and neurochemical effects of amphetamine but not cocaine. Neuropharmacology, 42: 170-180.
 Frantz, K. J., Harte, M., Ungerstedt, U. and O'Connor, W.T. (2002)  A dual probe characterization of dialysate amino acid levels in the medial prefrontal cortex and ventral tegmental area of the awake freely moving rat.  Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 119:  109-119.    
 Smith, A., Watson, C.J., Frantz, K.J., Eppler, F., Kennedy, R.T., Peris, J. (2004) Differential increase in taurine levels by low-dose ethanol in the dorsal and ventral striatum revealed by microdialysis with on-line capillary electrophoresis. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 28(7): 1028-38.
 Frantz, K. J., O’Dell, L. E. & Parsons, L. H.  (in press) Behavioral and neurochemical responses to cocaine in periadolescent and adult rats.  Neuropsychopharmacology.
 Frantz, K. J. & Van Hartesveldt, C. The locomotor effects of quinpirole in the nucleus accumbens or striatum of developing and adult rats.  (in preparation). 
 Frantz, K. J., Rowinski, A. A., & Parsons, L. H. Effects of MDMA on acquisition of cocaine self-administration in periadolescent and adult rats.  (in preparation). 

Invited Chapters
Frantz, K.J., Koob, G.F. (2005) The Neurobiology of Addiction.  In Coombs, R.H. (Ed.) Addiction Counseling Review. Lawrence Earlbaum Associated, Inc. Mahwah, NJ. 
Krebs, D.L., Frantz, K.J., Parent, M.B. (in press) In vivo microdialysis: a method for sampling extracellular fluid in discrete brain regions.  In Lajtha, A. (Ed.) Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology, Baker, G., Dunn, S., Holt, A. (Eds.) Practical Neurochemistry (Methods) Vol. 18.  Plenum Publishing Corporation, NY.