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  • Azad, S. C., Monory, K., Marsicano, G., Cravatt, B. F., Lutz, B., Zieglgansberger, W., Rammes, G. Circuitry for associative plasticity in the amygdala involves endocannabinoid signaling Journal of Neuroscience  2004 24:9953-9961  DOI:10.1523/jneurosci.2134-04.2004  PMID:15525780
  • Koob, G. F., Weiss, F., Tiffany, S. T., Zieglgansberger, W., Spanagel, R. Animal models of craving: a roundtable discussion Alcohol Research and Health  1999 23:233-236  PMID:10890819
  • Berton, F., Francesconi, W. G., Madamba, S. G., Zieglgansberger, W., Siggins, G. R. Acamprosate enhances N-methyl-D-apartate receptor-mediated neurotransmission but inhibits presynaptic GABA(B) receptors in nucleus accumbens neurons Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research  1998 22:183-191  DOI:10.1097/00000374-199802000-00025  PMID:9514305
  • Madamba, S. G., Schweitzer, P., Zieglgansberger, W., Siggins, G. R. Acamprosate (calcium acetylhomotaurinate) enhances the n-methyl-d-aspartate component of excitatory neurotransmission in rat hippocampal ca1 neurons in vitro Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research  1996 20:651-658  DOI:10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01667.x  PMID:8800380
  • Rassnick, S., Damico, E., Riley, E., Pulvirenti, L., Zieglgansberger, W., Koob, G. F. Gaba and nucleus-accumbens glutamate neurotransmission modulate ethanol self-administration in rats Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences  1992 654:502-505  PMID:1352956
  • Moore, S. D., Madamba, S. G., Zieglgansberger, W., Siggins, G. R. Enkephalin analogs depress synaptic potentials in rat dentate granule cells recorded intracellularly in vitro Neuroscience Letters  1988 91:71-76  DOI:10.1016/0304-3940(88)90251-0  PMID:3050621
  • Siggins, G. R., McGinty, J. F., Morrison, J. H., Pittman, Q. J., Zieglgansberger, W., Magistretti, P. J., Gruol, D. L. The role of neuropeptides in the hippocampal formation Advances in Biochemical Psychopharmacology  1982 33:413-422  PMID:6127004
  • Siggins, G. R., Zieglgansberger, W. Morphine and opioid-peptides reduce inhibitory synaptic potentials in hippocampal pyramidal cells-in vitro without alteration of membrane-potential Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America-Biological Sciences  1981 78:5235-5239  DOI:10.1073/pnas.78.8.5235  PMID:6272296
  • Taylor, D., Hoffer, B., Zieglgansberger, W., Siggins, G., Ling, N., Seiger, A., Olson, L. Opioid peptides excite pyramidal neurons and evoke epileptiform activity in hippocampal transplants inoculo Brain Research  1979 176:135-142  DOI:10.1016/0006-8993(79)90875-8  PMID:487169
  • Zieglgansberger, W., French, E. D., Siggins, G. R., Bloom, F. E. Opioid peptides may excite hippocampal pyramidal neurons by inhibiting adjacent inhibitory interneurons Science  1979 205:415-417  DOI:10.1126/science.451610  PMID:451610