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Effects of maternal adrenalectomy on the developing dopaminergic system
José Carlos González1, Virginia Peinado, Celia Machín
1Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Brain Research. Developmental Brain Research
|April 6, 2004
Abstract:
The present study show that maternal adrenalectomy affect the developmental model of the dopaminergic system in the hypothalamus and hippocampus, with sexual dimorphism observed in both areas. No changes were observed in the developmental dopamine (DA) model of the cortex and striatum through dopamine levels were increased in striatum.