Figure 4
From: Characterization of Dopaminergic System in the Striatum of Young Adult Park2−/− Knockout Rats
The effect of parkin protein loss on the striatal levels of ß-phenylethylamine. Tissue lysates were prepared from striata of the 2 month-old parkin knockout (PKO) and wild type (WT) Long Evans male rats. (A) A representative peak of ß-phenylethylamine (ß-PEA) and the standard curve. (B,C) The levels of ß-PEA were significantly higher in the striatum (+33%, p < 0.05, n = 6) (B) but not in the cerebellum (p > 0.1, n = 6) (C) in the PKO rats as compared to the WT rats. The data are expressed as mean ± SEM. *p < 0.05, two-way ANOVA with Holm-Sidak’s post hoc test.
