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M. Starr

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M. Starr — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 31
Works: 89
Citations: 2,662

Most-cited papers

Evidence for the participation of nigrotectal gamma-aminobutyrate-containing neurones in striatal and nigral-derived circling in the rat.
I. Kilpatrick, G. Collingridge, M. Starr
1982Neuroscience200 citations
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Differential effects of dopamine D1 and D2 agonists and antagonists on velocity of movement, rearing and grooming in the mouse. Implications for the roles of D1 and D2 receptors.
B. Starr, M. Starr
1986Neuropharmacology148 citations
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Paradoxical facilitation of pilocarpine-induced seizures in the mouse by MK-801 and the nitric oxide synthesis inhibitor L-NAME.
M. Starr, B. Starr
1993Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior106 citations
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The role of GABA in the substantia nigra
T. James, M. Starr
1978Nature90 citations
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Opposing Roles of Dopamine D1 and D2 Receptors in Nigral γ‐[3H]Aminobutyric Acid Release?
M. Starr
198789 citations
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Behavioural role of dopamine D1 receptors in the reserpine-treated mouse.
B. Starr, M. Starr, I. Kilpatrick
1987Neuroscience73 citations
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Opposite effects of stimulation of D1 and D2 dopamine receptors on the expression of motor seizures in mouse and rat.
G. Al-Tajir, C. Chandler, B. Starr, M. Starr
1990Neuropharmacology68 citations
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Effect of dark adaptation on the GABA system in retina.
M. Starr
1973Brain Research68 citations
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Bradykinin and oedema formation in heated paws of rats.
M. Starr, G. B. West
1967British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy65 citations Open access
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Antiparkinsonian actions of glutamate antagonists — alone and with L-DOPA: A review of evidence and suggestions for possible mechanisms
M. Starr
1995Journal of Neural Transmission - Parkinsons Disease and Dementia Section64 citations
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Influence of peptides on (3)H-dopamine release from superfused rat striatal slices.
M. Starr
1982Neurochemistry International64 citations
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Grooming in the mouse is stimulated by the dopamine D1 agonist SKF 38393 and by low doses of the D1 antagonist SCH 23390, but is inhibited by dopamine D2 agonists, D2 antagonists and high doses of SCH 23390.
B. Starr, M. Starr
1986Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior61 citations
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Motor responses to dopamine D1 and D2 agonists in the reserpine-treated mouse are affected differentially by the NMDA receptor antagonist MK 801
P. Goodwin, B. Starr, M. Starr
1992Journal of Neural Transmission - Parkinsons Disease and Dementia Section59 citations
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Behavioural interactions involving D1 and D2 dopamine receptors in non-habituated mice.
B. Starr, M. Starr
1987Neuropharmacology57 citations
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Stimulation of basal and L-DOPA-induced motor activity by glutamate antagonists in animal models of Parkinson's disease.
M. Starr, B. Starr, S. Kaur
1997Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews53 citations
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Topography of dopamine behaviours mediated by D1 and D2 receptors revealed by intrastriatal injection of SKF 38393, lisuride and apomorphine in rats with a unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine-induced lesion.
G. H. Fletcher, M. Starr
1987Neuroscience51 citations
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Seizure promotion and protection by D-1 and D-2 dopaminergic drugs in the mouse.
K. Burke, C. Chandler, B. Starr, M. Starr
1990Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior50 citations
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Dopaminergic modulation of pilocarpine-induced motor seizures in the rat: the role of hippocampal D2 receptors.
A. Alam, M. Starr
1993Neuroscience49 citations
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Role of the ventromedial nucleus of the thalamus in motor behaviour--I. Effects of focal injections of drugs.
M. Starr, M. Summerhayes
1983Neuroscience47 citations
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Interactions between dopamine and gamma-aminobutyrate in the substantia nigra: implications for the striatonigral output hypothesis.
M. Starr, M. Summerhayes, I. C. Kilpatrick
1983Neuroscience45 citations
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D-2 agonists protect rodents against pilocarpine-induced convulsions by stimulating D-2 receptors in the striatum, but not in the substantia nigra.
G. Al-Tajir, M. Starr
1991Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior43 citations
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Differential effects of intrastriatal and intranigral injections of glutamate antagonists on motor behaviour in the reserpine-treated rat.
S. Kaur, M. Starr
1997Neuroscience42 citations
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Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of lipoamino acid and carbohydrate-modified enkephalins as potential antinociceptive agents
B. Kellam, B. Drouillat, Gyula Dékány, M. Starr +1 more
199839 citations
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Anticonvulsant effect of striatal dopamine D2 receptor stimulation: dependence on cortical circuits?
G. Al-Tajir, M. Starr
1991Neuroscience39 citations
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Seizure promotion by D1 agonists does not correlate with other dopaminergic properties
M. Starr, B. Starr
1993Journal of Neural Transmission - Parkinsons Disease and Dementia Section38 citations
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Behavioural synergism between the dopamine agonists SKF 38393 and LY 171555 in dopamine-depleted mice: antagonism by sulpiride reveals only stimulant postsynaptic D-2 receptors.
M. Starr, B. Starr
1989Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior36 citations
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Differential effects of NMDA and non-NMDA antagonists on the activity of aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase activity in the nigrostriatal dopamine pathway of the rat.
A. Fisher, C. Biggs, M. Starr
1998Brain Research35 citations
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Extracellular levels of glutamate and aspartate in the entopeduncular nucleus of the rat determined by microdialysis: regulation by striatal dopamine D2 receptors via the indirect striatal output pathway?
C. Biggs, L. J. Fowler, P. Whitton, M. Starr
1997Brain Research35 citations
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Antiparkinsonian action of dextromethorphan in the reserpine-treated mouse.
Simranjit Kaur, M. Starr
1995European Journal of Pharmacology34 citations
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Distribution of γ-aminobutyrate in the rat thalamus: Specific decreases in thalamic γ-aminobutyrate following lesion or electrical stimulation of the substantia nigra
M. Starr, I. Kilpatrick
198133 citations
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Impulse-dependent and tetrodotoxin-sensitive release of GABA in the rat's substantia nigra measured by microdialysis.
C. Biggs, L. J. Fowler, P. Whitton, M. Starr
1995Brain Research32 citations
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Role of the ventromedial nucleus of the thalamus in motor behaviour--II. Effects of lesions.
M. Starr, M. Summerhayes
1983Neuroscience31 citations
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Multifocal brain sites for apomorphine-induced circling and other stereotyped motor behaviour in the 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rat.
M. Starr, M. Summerhayes
1982Neuroscience Letters30 citations
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Dopamine and glutamate control each other's release in the basal ganglia: a microdialysis study of the entopeduncular nucleus and substantia nigra.
C. Biggs, M. Starr
1997Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews29 citations
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ÈVIDENCE FOR THE COMPARTMENTATION OF GLUTAMATE METABOLISM IN ISOLATED RAT RETINA
M. Starr
1974Journal of Neurochemistry29 citations
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Uptake of taurine by retina in different species.
M. Starr
1978Brain Research28 citations
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Inhibition of anaphylactic shock in the rat by antihistamines and ascorbic acid.
W. Dawson, M. Starr, G. B. West
1966British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy27 citations Open access
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solid phase synthesis of C-terminal carbohydrate modified enkephalins
B. Drouillat, B. Kellam, Gyula Dékány, M. Starr +1 more
199725 citations
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Glutamate antagonists modify the motor stimulant actions of D1 and D2 agonists in reserpine-treated mice in complex ways that are not predictive of their interactions with the mixed D1/D2 agonist apomorphine
M. Starr, B. Starr
1993Journal of Neural Transmission - Parkinsons Disease and Dementia Section23 citations
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Role of the substantia nigra in the expression of dopamine D1 receptor-mediated and D2 receptor-mediated behaviours.
G. H. Fletcher, M. Starr
1987Neuroscience22 citations
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The nucleus tegmenti pedunculopontinus and circling behaviour in the rat.
I. Kilpatrick, M. Starr
1981Neuroscience Letters22 citations
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Opposite effects of glutamate antagonists and antiparkinsonian drugs on the activities of DOPA decarboxylase and 5-HTP decarboxylase in the rat brain.
A. Fisher, M. Starr
2000Brain Research21 citations
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Motor depression: a new role for D1 receptors?
C. Chandler, W. Wohab, B. Starr, M. Starr
1990Neuroscience21 citations
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Bilateral asymmetry in brain GABA function?
M. Starr, I. Kilpatrick
1981Neuroscience Letters20 citations
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Effects of the rate and volume of injection on the pharmacological response elicited by intranigral microapplication of drugs in the rat
T. James, M. Starr
197820 citations
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Comparison of the effects of NMDA and AMPA antagonists on the locomotor activity induced by selective D1 and D2 dopamine agonists in reserpine-treated mice
M. Starr, B. Starr
1994Psychopharmacology19 citations
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Effects of dopamine D3 receptor agonists on pilocarpine-induced limbic seizures in the rat.
A. Alam, M. Starr
1994Neuroscience18 citations
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CY 208-243 behaves as a typical D-1 agonist in the reserpine-treated mouse.
B. Abbott, B. Starr, M. Starr
1991Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior18 citations
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Circling evoked by intranigral SKF 38393: a GABA-mediated D-1 response?
M. Starr, B. Starr
1989Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior18 citations
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The importance of plasma kinins in the anaphylactoid reaction in rats.
S. Ankier, M. Starr
1967British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy18 citations Open access
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