title: L-arginine increases dopamine transporter activity in rat striatum via a nitric oxide synthase-dependent mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA.
authors.forename: Trent J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Volz
authors.forename: James O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Schenk
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003042:Cocaine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D008239:Lysine / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C493216:Slc6a3 protein, rat; D001120:Arginine; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D003042:Cocaine; D008239:Lysine; D004298:Dopamine