| Literature DB >> 16303154 |
Michelle Pavlis1, Casara Feretti, Alan Levy, Nita Gupta, Christiane Linster.
Abstract
Using a forced-choice odor discrimination task in rats, we show here that intraperitoneal injections of l-DOPA improve rats' odor discrimination performance in comparison to control rats injected with saline. Although the exact mechanism of l-DOPA and potential action on dopamine receptors remains unclear, the present results indicate that rats injected with the 20-50 mg/kg of l-DOPA performed significantly better in an odor discrimination task than did control rats. In addition, we observed a significant correlation between the concentration of l-DOPA and odor discrimination performance.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16303154 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.09.011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Physiol Behav ISSN: 0031-9384