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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
pharmacology, toxicology and pharmaceutics
Essential fatty acids modulate apomorphine activity at dopamine receptors in cat caudate slices
European Journal of Pharmacology, Volume 149, No. 3, Year 1988
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We have used a classical neurotransmitter release model to investigate the effect of dietary polyenoic fatty acids on the sensitivity of the presynaptic dopamine autoreceptor in slices of cat caudate nucleus. Maximum inhibition of [3H]dopamine release was seen only in animals fed a diet containing post Δ-6-desaturation fatty acids of both the w3 and w6 series. The removal of either or both groups of fatty acids resulted in attenuation of sensitivity of the autoreceptor to apomorphine. We propose that a balance of w3 and w6 fatty acids is required to maintain normal dopaminergic function in the cat caudate nucleus. © 1988.
Authors & Co-Authors
Davidson, Bruce Clement
South Africa, Johannesburg
School of Clinical Medicine
Kurstjens, Nicol P.
South Africa, Johannesburg
School of Clinical Medicine
Germany, Wurzburg
Julius-maximilians-universität Würzburg
Patton, J.
South Africa, Johannesburg
School of Clinical Medicine
Cantrill, Richard C.
South Africa, Johannesburg
School of Clinical Medicine
Germany, Wurzburg
Julius-maximilians-universität Würzburg
Statistics
Citations: 32
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0014-2999(88)90662-0
ISSN:
00142999