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Published on: August 24, 2016
The nucleus accumbens of rats and dopaminergic mechanisms regulating locomotor behaviour
A R Cools1, W M Honig, A J Pijnenburg
1Department of Pharmacology, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen The Netherlands.
Abstract:
Dopamine and (3,4-dihydroxyphenylamino)-2-imidazoline (DPI) were injected into the nucleus accumbens of rats locally pretreated with ergometrine. The results show that the ergometrine-induced locomotor activity is inhibited by both compounds suggesting that ergometrine inhibits certain types of dopamine receptors. The data are discussed in terms of distinct types of dopamine receptors.
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