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New dopamine D2 receptor polymorphisms in rats and association with apomorphine-induced stereotypies.
Brain research - 1 Feb 2002
Germeyer Sabine, Birke Andrea, Schmitt Ulrich, Dahmen Norbert, Hiemke Christoph, Havemann-Reinecke Ursula
Abstract excerpt
Adult Wistar rats injected with the dopamine receptor agonist apomorphine display different types of motility patterns with respect to oral stereotypes and locomotor activities. It was tested whether phenotypes exhibiting either 'sniffing' or 'non-sniffing' behaviour differed in gene structures of dopamine receptors D1 or D2. Forty-five Wistar rats of both genders were tested after a single dose of apomorphine (2...
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