Taurine infused intrastriatally elevates, but intranigrally decreases striatal extracellular dopamine concentration in anaesthetised rats

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 103, Issue 8-9, 1996, Pages 935-946

  Ruotsalainen, M ^a,c   Heikkila M ^a   Lillsunde, P ^b   Seppala T ^b   Ahtee, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Div of Pharmacology and Toxicology   (Finland)

Author keywords

Local infusions; Microdialysis; Striatal dopamine; Striatum; Substantia nigra; Taurine

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; TAURINE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TAURINE;

EID: 0029848719     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01291784     Document Type: Article

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