| Literature DB >> 14056708 |
S UDENFRIEND, P ZALTZMAN-NIRENBERG.
Abstract
By administering C(14)-la-beled tyrosine or H(3)-labeled 3,4-dihy-droxyphenylalanine to guinea pigs it has been possible to achieve sufficient labeling of the norepinephrine and dopamine in the brain to permit measurement of their turnover rates. The half-life of brain dopamine was about 2.5 hours. The half-life of norepinephrine was about 4 hours, suggesting a rate of synthesis of at least 0.03 to 0.04, microg/g per hr or 2.4 microg/day for the whole guinea pig brain.Entities:
Keywords: BRAIN; CARBON ISOTOPES; DOPAMINE; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; GUINEA PIGS; METABOLISM; NOREPINEPHRINE; TRITIUM; TYROSINE
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Year: 1963 PMID: 14056708 DOI: 10.1126/science.142.3590.394
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728