Table 1.

The Dopaminergic System in Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes. The Table Summarizes the Methodology Applied and the Findings Obtained. DA=Dopamine, DAT=Dopamine Transporter, VMAT-1, 2= Vesicular Monoamine Transporters

Authors	Methology	Finding
Bergquist et al. [37]	Capillary electrophoresis	DA and DA metabolites
Bergquist and Silberring [38]	Mass spectroscopy	DA, L-DOPA, norepinephrine
Musso et al. [39]	HPLC with electrochemical detection	L-DOPA and norepinephrine
Qiu et al. [40]	Immunochemistry, HPLC, Western blot	Tyrosine hydroxylase, DA, L-DOPA, norepinephrine
Kikkonou et al. [42]	RT-PCR	L-DOPA decarboxylase gene
Faraj et al. [48]	Receptor binding assay	DA receptors
Takahashi et al. [49]	RT-PCR	D5 receptor gene
Nagai et al. [50]	RT-PCR	D3 receptor gene
Santambrogio et al. [51]	Receptor binding assay	D2, D4 receptors
Ricci and Amenta [52]	Receptor binding assay	D5 receptor
Ricci et al. [53]	Receptor binding assay	D3 receptor
Bondy et al. [55]	RT-PCR	D4 receptor gene
Ricci et al. [56]	Receptor binding assay	D4 receptor
Ricci et al. [57]	Receptor binding assay, immunochemistry	D3, D4 receptors
Ricci et al. [58]	Receptor binding assay	D5 receptor
McKenna et al. [59]	Flow cytometry	D2, D3, D4, D5 receptors
Kirillova et al. [60]	Receptor binding assay, RT-PCR	D5 receptor
Amenta et al. [61]	Receptor binding assay, Western blot	DAT, VMAT-1, VMAT-2
Marazziti et al. [62]	Receptor binding assay	DAT