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Deficits in dopamine clearance and locomotion in hypoinsulinemic rats unmask novel modulation of dopamine transporters by amphetamine

  1. W. Anthony Owens1,†,
  2. Rajkumar J. Sevak2,†,
  3. Ruggero Galici2,
  4. Xiaoying Chang3,
  5. Martin A. Javors3,
  6. Aurelio Galli4,
  7. Charles P. France2,3,
  8. Lynette C. Daws1,2

Article first published online: 30 JUN 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03289.x

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Journal of Neurochemistry

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volume 94, Issue 5, pages 1402–1410, September 2005

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Owens, W. A., Sevak, R. J., Galici, R., Chang, X., Javors, M. A., Galli, A., France, C. P. and Daws, L. C. (2005), Deficits in dopamine clearance and locomotion in hypoinsulinemic rats unmask novel modulation of dopamine transporters by amphetamine. Journal of Neurochemistry, 94: 1402–1410. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03289.x

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  1. 1

    Departments of Physiology

  2. 2

    Pharmacology

  3. 3

    Psychiatry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA

  4. 4

    Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and C.M.N., Nashville, Tennessee, USA

  1. †

    These authors contributed equally to this work.

*Address correspondence and reprint requests to Lynette C. Daws, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Physiology, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, Mail Code 7756, San Antonio, TX 78229–3900, USA. E-mail: daws@uthscsa.edu

  • †

    These authors contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Issue published online: 30 JUN 2005
  2. Article first published online: 30 JUN 2005
  3. Received March 3, 2005; revised manuscript received May 5, 2005; accepted May 6, 2005.

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