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Naloxone selectively blocks dopamine response of Br-type neuron inHelix pomatia L.

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The present study demonstrates that the potent opiate antagonist, naloxone can selectively block the DA induced inhibition of the bursting activity pattern of the RPal or Br-type neuron. The dopamine inhibitory affect can also be blocked by haloperidol, a established dopamine receptor blocker.

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  1. G. B. Stefano

    Present address: East Coast Neuroscience Foundation, Inc., 113 Bayview Avenue, 11768, Northport, N.Y., USA

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  1. Biological Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Tihany, Hungary

    I. Vadasz & L. Hiripi

  2. C.U.N.Y., Medgar Evers College, 11225, Brooklyn, N.Y.

    G. B. Stefano

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This work partially supported by a grant from the National Academy of Sciences and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences awarded to G.B.S. We also gratefully acknowledge thoughtful comments from Dr J. Salanki.

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Stefano, G.B., Vadasz, I. & Hiripi, L. Naloxone selectively blocks dopamine response of Br-type neuron inHelix pomatia L.. Experientia 35, 1337–1338 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01963994

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