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  • Title: Environmental stress increases extracellular dopamine in striatum of 6-hydroxydopamine-treated rats: in vivo microdialysis studies.
    Author: Keefe KA, Stricker EM, Zigmond MJ, Abercrombie ED.
    Journal: Brain Res; 1990 Sep 17; 527(2):350-3. PubMed ID: 2123730.
    Abstract:
    Bilateral intraventricular injections of 6-hydroxydopamine depleted dopamine (DA) in striatal tissue of rats by 88%. Tail shock increased DA in striatal extracellular fluid of these rats from 10 to 17 pg/20 microliters as measured by microdialysis, values less than half those seen in normal striatum. The increase was observed even in rats that were akinetic. DA in extracellular fluid after stress was negatively correlated with behavioral performance. Thus, residual nigrostriatal DA neurons are responsive to stress but do not produce normal DA levels in striatal extracellular fluid.
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