Table 2. Increased Dopamine in Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Entopeduncular Nucleus in GAS-Exposed Ratsa.
Transmitter (μmol/g protein) |
Control
|
GAS
|
t-Value | Significance | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average | SE | Average | SE | |||
Medial prefrontal cortex (CG1) | ||||||
Glutamate | 131.58 | 3.38 | 109.6 | 5.1 | 3.589 | 0.0049 |
Dopamine | 3.487 | 0.506 | 6.548 | 0.458 | −4.387 | 0.0012 |
Entopeduncular nucleus (globus pallidus internal) | ||||||
Dopamine | 10.219 | 0.997 | 16.08 | 1.34 | −3.497 | 0.0058 |
Determined by post-mortem high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).