Description
Previous studies have implicated human alpha-2-macroglobulin (alpha2M) as a potential regulator of neuronal development and function. Rat alpha-1-macroglobulin (alpha1M) and acute-phase alpha-2-macroglobulin (alpha2M) are murine homologues of human alpha2M. In this report, we tested the effect of intracranially infused serotonin-activated rat alpha1M (5HT-alpha1M) on the concentration of dopamine (DA) in the corpus striatum in vivo and the effect of
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alpha-Macroglobulins/administration & dosage/*pharmacology; Animals; Cells; Choline O-Acetyltransferase/*antagonists & inhibitors; Corpus Striatum/drug effects/*enzymology/metabolism; Cultured; Dopamine Antagonists/*pharmacology; Dopamine/analysis/*metabolism; Enzyme Activation/drug effects; Injections; Intraventricular; Male; Neurons/drug effects/*enzymology/metabolism; Rats; Serotonin/pharmacology; Sprague-Dawley; Stereotaxic Techniques