The concentration of p- and m-tyramine in the rat mesolimbic system: its regional distribution and effect of monoamine oxidase inhibition.
The concentrations of p-tyramine and m-tyramine have been determined in 6 brain areas from the mesolimbic system by a specific and sensitive mass spectrometric technique. p- and m-Tyramine are unevenly distributed amongst these nuclei. The highest concentrations of p-tyramine were measured in the olfactory tubercle followed by the nucleus accumbens and septal nuclei while for m-tyramine the concentrations decreased in the following order: olfactory tubercle, nucleus accumbens, amygdala, septal nuclei and nucleus tractus diagonalis.
D000818:Animals; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D008032:Limbic System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010293:Pargyline / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014439:Tyramine / Q000378:metabolism*
D010293:Pargyline; C028169:3-tyramine; D004298:Dopamine; D014439:Tyramine