The issue of whether a deletion of the dopamine transporter (DAT) allele (+/- DAT) would differentially alter striatal dopamine (DA) and dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) concentrations and DA release upon potassium and methamphetamine (MA)…
Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is synthesized in various tissues, including the anterior pituitary gland, where it may stimulate the release of PRL. Because estrogen plays a central role in the regulation of PRL, it becomes important to…
The effects of (-)cathinone, the primary psychoactive alkaloid of the Khat plant, were compared to those of (+)amphetamine in the anterior caudate-putamen and the nucleus accumbens. In vivo microdialysis was used to measure extracellular levels of…
