Article
Dopaminergic brain reward regions of Lewis and Fischer rats display different levels of tyrosine hydroxylase and other morphine- and cocaine-regulated phosphoproteins.
Brain research - 4 Oct 1991
Beitner-Johnson D, Guitart X, Nestler E J
Abstract excerpt
We studied cyclic AMP-dependent protein phosphorylation in the mesolimbic and nigrostriatal dopamine systems of two genetically inbred rat strains, Lewis (LEW) and Fischer (F344) rats. These strains represent genetically divergent populations of rats that have been used to study possible genetic factors involved in a variety of biological processes. We found striking differences in levels of tyrosine hydroxylase,...
Topics
- Animals
- Brain
- Cocaine
- Dopamine
- Genotype
- Morphine
- Phosphoproteins
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred F344
- Rats, Inbred Lew
- Reward
- Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
