Neurochemical asymmetries in the albino rat's cortex, striatum, and nucleus accumbens.
The concentrations of dopamine (DA), norepinephrine (NE), serotonin (5-HT), dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) were measured in the right and left cortex, striatum, and nucleus accumbens of adult Purdue-Wistar rats. There was more DA in the right cortex and accumbens and a greater concentration of NE in the left striatum. There is more 5-HT in the left striatum and right accumbens, more 5-HIAA in the left cortex, as well as a greater 5-HT turnover in the left accumbens. These results are considered in the light of previous findings concerning the relationship of neurochemical asymmetries and behavioral lateralization.
D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000032:analysis*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000032:analysis*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000032:analysis; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012686:Septal Nuclei / Q000032:analysis*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000032:analysis
D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid; D012701:Serotonin; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine