L-DOPA produces regional changes in glucose utilization which form discrete anatomic patterns in motor nuclei and the hypothalamus of rats.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002230:Carbidopa / Q000494:pharmacology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D007980:Levodopa / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000187:drug effects
D007980:Levodopa; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D005947:Glucose; D002230:Carbidopa