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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-11-29
pubmed:abstractText
The concentrations of dopamine (DA) metabolites (free and conjugated) was measured in plasma and brain regions of rats by the mass spectrometric method of selected ion monitoring. Experimental treatments which altered the function of central dopamine neurons also induced concomitant changes in plasma 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) and homovanillic acid (HVA). Stimulation of the nigrostriatal pathway increased plasma DOPAC and HVA whereas lesion of the pathway decreased plasma metabolites. Several drug treatments induced parallel changes in brain and plasma concentrations of DA metabolites. It is suggested that changes in the concentration of DOPAC and HVA in rat brain are reflected by parallel changes in plasma. No conjugated forms of DOPAC and HVA were found in plasma and brain tissue of vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0014-2999
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
225-36
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and homovanillic acid in rat plasma: possible indicators of central dopaminergic activity.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article