METH releases more DA from DAT-transfected cells. Experiments were
performed as described in Fig.
3 with the difference that we used a fixed concentration of 10
μm AMPH or METH. A, METH increases in DAT-mediated
whole-cell currents at all voltages compared with AMPH (p < 0.05).
The right panel shows the expansion of A near the two
reversal potentials fit to polynomials (solid lines). METH-induced
whole-cell current reversed at -44.2 ± 0.68 (thick line),
whereas AMPH-induced current reversed at -17.5 ± 2.08 (thin
line) (n = 7–9, p < 0.05). B, METH
mediates significantly greater DA efflux compared with AMPH. The right
panel depicts the expansion of B near the two reversal
potentials fit to polynomials (solid lines). For METH, the oxidative
current initiated at -58.38 ± 0.8 (thick line), whereas the
AMPH-mediated oxidative current initiated at -38.42 ± 0.3 (thin
line) (n = 7–9 p < 0.05).