Comparison of alterations in tyrosine hydroxylase, dopamine levels, and dopamine uptake in the striatum of the weaver mutant mouse.

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Comparison of alterations in tyrosine hydroxylase, dopamine levels, and dopamine uptake in the striatum of the weaver mutant mouse.

Neurochemical research - 1 May 1992

Richter J A, Stotz E H, Ghetti B, Simon J R

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Previous reports have shown that among the markers for the nigro-striatal dopamine (DA) system measured in the striatum, dopamine uptake seems to be more severely affected than the others in the weaver mutant mouse. In the present study we examined DA levels, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) activity, a...

Topics

Animals
Corpus Striatum
Dopamine
Genotype
Kinetics
Mice
Mice, Neurologic Mutants
Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase

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