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. 2014 Mar 11;9(3):e91151. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091151

Figure 4. Effect of gonadectomy and sex steroid replacement on dopamine transporter protein and tyrosine hydroxylase protein in adolescent male rat dorsal striatum.

Figure 4

(A) DAT protein was unchanged in the dorsal striatum by gonadectomy and sex steroid replacement (F = 2.39, df  =  (4,45), p = 0.07). Representative immunoblots of a subset of dorsal striatum samples from all five groups show DAT (50 kDa) and β-actin (43 kDa). (B) TH protein was unchanged by gonadectomy or sex steroid replacement in the dorsal striatum (F = 0.41, df  =  (4,45), p = 0.78). Representative immunoblots of a subset of dorsal striatum samples from all five groups show TH protein (60 kDa) and β-actin protein (43 kDa). * p<0.05, n = 9–10/group. (MWM, molecular weight marker; std, internal standard).