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Abstract
Rat substantia nigra was injected with 1 microgram of purified pertussis toxin, a substance which inactivates the inhibitory guanine nucleotide regulatory unit of adenylate cyclase. In comparison to saline-injected animals, the pertussis toxin-treated animals showed almost no inhibition of dopaminergic neurons in response to dopamine applied iontophoretically or the dopamine agonist (-)-apomorphine given intravenously. These results provide evidence that a guanine nucleotide regulatory protein is involved as a transducer in mediating the physiological actions of dopamine autoreceptors.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 2955848 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(87)90690-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN: 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252