Publication List
- Disparity between tonic and phasic ethanol-induced dopamine increases in the nucleus accumbens of rats, Donita L. Robinson, Elaina C. Howard, Scott McConnell, Rueben A. Gonzales, R. Mark Wightman, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, in press.

- Synaptic Overflow of Dopamine in the Nucleus Accumbens Arises from Neuronal Activity in the Ventral Tegmental Area, Leslie A. Sombers, Manna Beyene, Regina M. Carelli, and R. Mark Wightman, J Neurosci., 29(6):1735-42 (2009)
- Real-time chemical responses in the nucleus accumbens differentiate rewarding and aversive stimuli. Mitchell F. Roitman, Robert. A. Wheeler, R. Mark Wightman and Regina M. Carelli, Nature Neuroscience, 11, 1376-1377 (2008).
- Electroosmotic flow and its contribution to iontophoretic delivery. Natalie Herr, Brian Kile, Regina M. Carelli, R. Mark Wightman, Anal. Chem., 80, 8635-8641 (2008).
- Fluorinated xerogel-derived microelectrodes for amperometric nitric oxide sensing. Jae Ho Shin, Benjamin J. Privett, Justin M. Kita, R. Mark Wightman, and Mark H. Schoenfisch, Anal. Chem., 80, 6850-6859 (2008).
- Preferential enhancement of dopamine transmission within the nucleus accumbens shell by cocaine is attributable to a direct increase in phasic dopamine release events. Brandon J. Aragona, Nathan A. Cleaveland, Garret D. Stuber, Jeremy J. Day, Regina M. Carelli, and R. Mark Wightman, J. Neurosci., 28, 8821-8831 (2008).
- Dynamic changes in accumbens dopamine correlate with learning during intracranial self-stimulation. Catarina A. Owesson-White, Joseph F. Cheer, Manna Beyene, Regina M. Carelli, R. Mark Wightman, PNAS, 105, 11957–11962, 2008.
- Microelectrodes for studying neurobiology. Kita and. R. Mark Wightman, Curr Opin Chem Biol. 2008 Jul 31.
- Monitoring rapid chemical communication in the brain.
Donita L. Robinson, Andre Hermans, Andrew Seipel, R. Mark Wightman, Chemical Reviews, 108, 2554-2584 (2008).
- Dopamine detection with fast-scan cyclic voltammetry used with analog background subtraction.
Andre Hermans, Richard B. Keithley, Justin M. Kita, Leslie A. Sombers, and R. Mark Wightman, Anal. Chem., 80, 4040-4048 (2008).
- Increased amphetamine-induced hyperactivity and reward in mice overexpressing the dopamine transporter.
A. Salahpour, I. O. Medvedev, A. J. Ramsey, B. Kile, T. D. Sotnikova, E. Holmstrand, V. Ghisi, L. Wong, K. Murphy, S. Sesack, R. M. Wightman, R. R. Gainetdinov, and M. G. Caron, PNAS, 105, 4405–4410 (2008).
- Electrochemical dopamine detection: Comparing gold and carbon fiber microelectrodes using background subtracted fast scan cyclic voltammetry, Matthew K. Zachek, Andre Hermans, R. Mark Wightman and Gregory S. McCarty, J. Electroanal. Chem., 614, 113–120 (2008).
- Paying Attention with the Latest Technology, Parastoo Hashemi and R. Mark Wightman, Neuron, 56, 4-5 (2007).
- Catecholamine exocytosis is diminished in R6/2 Huntington’sdisease model mice, Michael A. Johnson, Melissa Villanueva, Christy L. Haynes, Andrew T. Seipel, Leah A. Buhler, and R. Mark Wightman, J. Neurochem., 103, 2102-2110 (2007).
- Dopamine release is heterogeneous within microenvironments of the rat nucleus accumbens, R. Mark Wightman, Michael L.A.V. Heien, Kate M. Wassum, Brandon J. Aragona, Amina S. Khan, Jennifer L. Ariansen, Joseph F. Cheer, Paul E. M.Phillips, and Regina M. Carelli, Eur. J. Neurosci., 26, 2046-2054 (2007).
- Associative learning mediates dynamic shifts in dopamine signaling within the nucleus accumbens, Jeremy J. Day, Mitchell F. Roitman, R. Mark Wightman, and Regina M. Carelli, Nature Neuroscience, 10, 1020-8 (2007).
- Coordinated accumbal dopamine release and neural activity drive goal-directed behavior, Joseph F. Cheer, Brandon J. Aragona, Michael L.A.V. Heien, Andrew T. Seipel, Regina M. Carelli, and R. Mark Wightman, Neuron, 54:237-244 (2007).
- Temperature-dependent differences between readily releasable and reserve pool vesicles in chromaffin cells, C. L. Haynes, L.N. Siff, R. M. Wightman, Biochim Biophys Acta. 1773:728-35 (2007).
- Paradoxical Modulation of Short-term Facilitation of Dopamine Release by Dopamine D2 Receptors, Justin M. Kita, Lauren E. Parker, Paul E. M. Phillips, Paul A. Garris, and R. Mark Wightman, J. Neurochem., 102, 1115-24 (2007).