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. 2001 Feb 13;98(4):1964–1969. doi: 10.1073/pnas.98.4.1964

Table 1.

D2 receptor dependent Ca2+ elevations in astrocytes

Treatment Number of cells F/F0 Significance, p > 0.001
Rat
 Buffer 268 1.00  ± 0.04
 Quinpirole 643 1.25  ± 0.07 **
 Raclopride + quinpirole 206 0.89  ± 0.09
 Quinpirole after washout of  raclopride 69 1.36  ± 0.20 **
 KCl in buffer 152 2.55  ± 0.85 **
Wild-type mice
 Buffer 96 1.00  ± 0.03
 Quinpirole 96 1.31  ± 0.27 **
D2-deficient mice
 Quinpirole 184 1.00  ± 0.03 No effect
 KCl in buffer 184 1.79  ± 0.63 **

Changes in Ca2+ concentration are represented as the ratio of fluorescence intensity after drug application to baseline (F/F0).