Modification of dopamine neurotransmission in the nucleus accumbens of rats deficient in n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-40

  Zimmer, Luc ^a   Delion Vancassel, Sylvie ^a   Durand, Georges ^b   Guilloteau, Denis ^a   Bodard, Sylvie ^a   Besnard, Jean Claude ^a   Chalon, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Dopamine D2; Microdialysis; Receptors; Tyramine; Vesicular monoamine transporter

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; TYRAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID DIET; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESICULAR BIOGENIC AMINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0033954157     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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