Component
Rat nucleus-accumbens dopamine transient frequency
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What it does
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What acts on it
Combined phenylalanine/tyrosine depletion decreased dopamine-transient frequency without decreasing transient amplitude in freely moving rats.
Experimental context and source evidence
- availability_state
- nutrient_deficiency Imported condition classification; unverified.
- evidence_access
- Primary abstract
- experimental_model
- Fast-scan cyclic voltammetry in a separate rat group from the tissue-content experiment.
- limitations
- The release endpoint is not a direct human measurement; the corrected norepinephrine endpoint is excluded. Correction record: The 2018 correction (PMID 30094500) reports an error in norepinephrine standard concentrations used for HPLC calibration. The correction abstract was inspected, but full notice content was unavailable; its complete quantitative scope remains unverified. This collection uses the tyrosine depletion and dopamine-transient findings and does not reuse the original norepinephrine concentration result. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30094500/
- nutrient_topic
- L-Tyrosine collection; species, compartment, exposure, co-substrates and manipulation remain explicit. · L-Tyrosine
- plain_language
- Less precursor can change release dynamics without simply emptying all dopamine stores.
- primary_references
- Acute phenylalanine/tyrosine depletion of phasic dopamine in the rat brain. · 2016 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26944052/ · DOI 10.1007/s00213-016-4259-0
- trigger_kind
- nutrient_deficiency Imported condition classification; unverified.
L-Tyrosine: catecholamines, thyroid chemistry, pigment, metabolism and cross-nutrient mechanisms (2026-09-19) · lines 388–394
AI-assisted research curation; primary references, access levels and experimental limitations individually identified. Not publisher full text. · supports · Fast-scan cyclic voltammetry in a separate rat group from the tissue-content experiment. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## l-tyrosine-rat-dopamine-transients Less precursor can change release dynamics without simply emptying all dopamine stores. Combined phenylalanine/tyrosine depletion decreased dopamine-transient frequency without decreasing transient amplitude in freely moving rats. Model: Fast-scan cyclic voltammetry in a separate rat group from the tissue-content experiment. Limitations: The release endpoint is not a direct human measurement; the corrected norepinephrine endpoint is excluded. Correction record: The 2018 correction (PMID 30094500) reports an error in norepinephrine standard concentrations used for HPLC calibration. The correction abstract was inspected, but full notice content was unavailable; its complete quantitative scope remains unverified. This collection uses the tyrosine depletion and dopamine-transient findings and does not reuse the original norepinephrine concentration result. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30094500/ Evidence access: Primary abstract Acute phenylalanine/tyrosine depletion of phasic dopamine in the rat brain. · 2016 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26944052/ · DOI 10.1007/s00213-016-4259-0
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