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Published in final edited form as: J Neurosci. 2007 Jul 25;27(30):7899–7910. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1396-07.2007

Table 2.

L-DOPA, dopamine and tetrabenazine levels in blood and/or brains of experimental mice (30 min after drug feeding)

Tissue	Group	Measurements
Tissue	Group	L-DOPA	Dopamine	TBZ
Blood (ng/ml)	Vehicle
	L-DOPA	6997 ± 1908
	L-DOPA/TBZ	15269 ± 1857^*		13 ± 5
Striata (ng/gm)	Vehicle		4705 ± 1158
	L-DOPA	ND	10656 ± 1529^**
	L-DOPA/TBZ	ND	5911 ± 2180^*	10 ± 3
Brain hemisphere (ng/gm)	Vehicle		311 ± 23
	L-DOPA	1072 ± 181	840 ± 77
	L-DOPA/TBZ	1127 ± 89	662 ± 49	19 ± 2

Data are expressed as their average ±SEM (n =5). Units are ng/ml (blood) and ng/gm (brain tissue).

^*

Statistically different (p < 0.05) from L-DOPA alone.

^**

Statistically different (p < 0.05) from control.