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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 8.
Published in final edited form as: Neuroscience. 2014 Mar 18;268:128–138. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.03.015

Table 3. Profile of dopamine and serotonin metabolites in the mouse striatum at day 5 postinfection with Toxoplasma GT1 strain.

DA DOPAC HVA 3-MT 5-HT 5-HIAA HVA/DA HVA/3-MT
Control 1110+461 543+50 190+8.7 211+11 305+23 80+3.5 0.173+0.008 0.924+0.05
Infection 1539+88 672+48 226+11 287+14 368+21 100+6.8 0.150+0.006 0.792+0.02
P value2 <0.001 0.036 0.008 <0.001 0.029 0.006 0.009 0.007
% Change3 38% 24% 19% 36% 20% 25% -14% -15%
1

Expressed as nanograms per microgram protein, mean + S.E.M.;

2

Derived from a one-tailed Student's t-test;

3

Percentage change from controls. Control: n = 19; Infection: n = 20