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Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychopharmacology. 2001 Feb;24(2):170–182. doi: 10.1016/S0893-133X(00)00179-2

Table 1.

Basal NT mRNA expression in D₃+/+, D₃+/− and D₃−/− mice

Brain regions	D₃+/+	D₃+/−	D₃−/−
Nucleus accumbens, core	1.44 ± 0.26	1.74 ± 0.35	1.27 ±0.19
Nucleus accumbens, medial shell	5.66 ± 0.62	6.39 ± 0.73	7.71 ± 0.60
Nucleus accumbens, lateral shell	18.87 ±3.23	16.22 ±1.30	18.88 ±3.37
Olfactory tubercle	13.47 ±1.90	10.00±1.16	12.08 ±1.32
Lateral septum	19.63 ±1.62	22.49 ± 2.20	21.39 ±1.95
Dorsomedial striatum, rostral	1.76 ± 0.30	2.11 ±0.34	1.87 ± 0.24
Dorsomedial striatum, caudal	6.58 ± 2.61	6.73 ± 1.95	8.62 ± 2.76
Dorsolateral striatum, rostral	1.75 ±0.16	1.86 ± 0.30	1.49 ±0.16
Dorsolateral striatum, caudal	0.52 ±0.1 8	0.69 ±0.1 3	0.64 ±0.11
Ventrolateral striatum, rostral	1.96 ± 0.42	1.79 ± 0.37	1.38 ± 0.22
Ventrolateral striatum, caudal	1.36 ± 0.25	1.33 ± 0.20	1.09 ±0.16

In situ hybridization autoradiograms from vehicle-treated mice from the first experiment (shown in Figs. 2 and 3) were quantified with a computer-assisted image analysis system at rostral (bregma 0.98 mm) and caudal (bregma −0.10 mm) levels. Results are expressed as nCi/mg tissue (mean ± SEM); n = 4–7 mice per group. There were no significant differences in basal NT mRNA expression among D₃−/−, D₃+/− and wild-type mice in any of the regions studied.