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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurochem. 2011 Oct 20;119(5):932–944. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07494.x

Table 1.

Numerical parameters measured from the dopamine in the NAc and norepinephrine in the vBNST evoked by the electrical stimulation (60 Hz, 60 pulses).

Rats (n=6) Dopamine in the NAc Norepinephrine in the vBNST
[CA]max (μM) 1.35 ± 0.33 0.31 ± 0.05*
tr (s) 1.04 ± 0.14 1.70 ± 0.17*
t1/2 (s) 1.19 ± 0.38 2.59 ± 0.47*

[CA]max is the maximal evoked catecholamine concentration; tr is the time to reach to [CA]max from the start of the stimulation; t1/2 is the time required for catecholamine overflow to decay to 50 % of the maximum. Values represent the mean ± S.E.M. The values were compared by unpaired t-tests.

*

(P < 0.05) indicates significantly different from the evoked dopamine in the NAc.