In vitro release of endogenous dopamine from the striatum of the weaver mutant mouse.

doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.1991.tb06341.x

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In vitro release of endogenous dopamine from the striatum of the weaver mutant mouse.

Journal of neurochemistry - 1 Nov 1991

Simon J R, Yu H, Richter J A, Vasko M R, Ghetti B

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The weaver mutant mouse has a genetically determined defect in the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system. The present study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that in the weaver mutant mouse, striatal nerve terminals undergo compensatory changes in response to this deficiency. To test this hypothe...

Topics

Amphetamine
Animals
Cocaine
Corpus Striatum
Dopamine
Genotype
Homozygote
In Vitro Techniques
Mice
Mice, Neurologic Mutants
Neurons
Potassium

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