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M J Christie, S Bridge, L B James, P M Beart.
Abstract
High affinity D-[3H]aspartate uptake and amino acid concentrations were examined in synaptosome-enriched preparations of microdissected rat ventral tegmental area 6-7 days following N-methyl-D-aspartate lesions confined to medial prefrontal cortex. Specific reductions were observed in the high affinity uptake of D-[3H]aspartate (59% of control, P less than 0.005) and concentrations of L-aspartate (79% of control, P less than 0.05) in the ventral tegmental area suggesting the presence of an aspartatergic projection from medial prefrontal cortex to this area.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 2859910 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(85)90140-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN: 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252