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[Effect of a single-locus mutation of the silver-blue color allele in mink on the dopaminergic system of the brain].
Genetika - 1 Mar 1996
Popova N K, Nikulina E M, Voĭtenko N N, Avgustinovich D F, Trapezov O V
Abstract excerpt
The peculiarities of dopamine metabolism and dopamine receptors in the brain of homozygous silver-blue (pp) minks were examined in comparison with wild-type (PP) minks. A pp mutation was found to affect the dopamine turnover in corpus striatum, which is one of the major dopaminergic brain structures. In silver-blue minks, increased dopamine catabolic enzyme activity monoamine oxidase type B (MAO B), together with...
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