Turnover rate and stimulus-evoked release of dopamine by progesterone and N-methyl-D-aspartic acid in rat striatum during pregnancy

CABRERA, R.J. AND BREGONZIO, C

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Año: 1996 vol. 317 p. 55 - 55

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p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">The proposed modulatory role of progesterone on dopaminergic nerve terminal activity in the striatum was examined in pregnant rats. Endogenous dopamine concentration and the in vitro effect of exogenous progesterone in association with N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) upon [3H]dopamine release from stria