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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2017 Jan 13;82(7):500–510. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.01.005

Table 1. Neurotransmitter levels in the rat central amygdala.

Values reflect mean ± SEM baseline dialysate concentrations of a broad-scale analysis of neurotransmitters in the central nucleus of the amygdala of non-selected Wistar (n = 9) and msP (n = 9) rats. Asterisks (*) denote significant genotype differences (p<0.05).

Baseline Dialysate (nM ± SEM) Wistar msP Genotype Comparisons
Aspartate 66.75 ± 11.54 121.8 ± 27.9 F(1,16) = 3.3
Dopamine 0.27 ± 0.14 0.24 ± 0.04 F(1,16) = 0.04
GABA 40.08 ± 4.53 53.48 ± 8.19 F(1,16) = 2.1
Glutamate 317.8 ± 56.1 579.4 ± 50.2* F(1,16) = 12.1*
Glutamine 49.52 ± 2.72 49.25 ± 3.33 F(1,16) = 0.01
Glycine 3419 ± 401 3611 ± 414 F(1,16) = 0.1
Norepinephrine 0.60 ± 0.16 0.47 ± 0.06 F(1,16) = 0.6
Serine 8056 ± 649 7872 ± 536 F(1,16) = 0.1
Serotonin 0.09 ± 0.01 0.07 ± 0.01 F(1,16) = 3.3
Taurine 2370 ± 212 2850 ± 389 F(1,16) = 1.2