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Dopamine Is a Natural Inverse Agonist in the Lymnaea Nervous System

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Investigation of [35S]GTPγS binding with G proteins in plasma membranes of the molluscan nervous system demonstrated the existence of an inverse agonism phenomenon for dopamine.

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Prudnikov, I., Tsyvkin, V. Dopamine Is a Natural Inverse Agonist in the Lymnaea Nervous System. Neurophysiology 34, 207–209 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020767703683

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