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Abstract
Veratridine produced a dose-dependent release of cytoplasmic [3H]dopamine in rat corpus striatal slices. Cytoplasmic [3H]dopamine was obtained by pretreating rats with reserpine to inhibit vesicular storage and incubating with pargyline and beta-thujaplicin to inhibit catabolism prior to incubation with [3H]dopamine. Release of [3H]dopamine by veratridine is absolutely calcium-independent and can be abolished by 10(-4) M tetrodotoxin and inhibited by 10(-5) M nomifensine. These results suggest that veratridine can release cytoplasmic [3H]dopamine by a carrier-mediated process.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6861884 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(83)90621-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Pharmacol ISSN: 0014-2999 Impact factor: 4.432