Biphasic effect of apomorphine on rodent motility.
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چکیده
The dopaminergic (DA) system has been implicated in a number of neurological and psychiatric disorders. In studying neurotransmitter systems such as the DA system in the laboratory animal, behavioural studies are commonly employed. Since behaviour is a sum total of a variety of internal and external excitations and inhibitions. in such studies it it necessary to use a chemical probe which specifically modulates one aspect of neurotransmission in order to understand the influence of that aspect of neurotransmission on behaviour. Apomorphine is one such probe, specific to the DA system.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Indian journal of physiology and pharmacology
دوره 33 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1989