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VMAT2 knockout mice: heterozygotes display reduced amphetamine-conditioned reward, enhanced amphetamine locomotion, and enhanced MPTP toxicity. |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
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Localization of vesicular monoamine transporter isoforms (VMAT1 and VMAT2) to endocrine cells and neurons in rat. |
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN |
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Immunochemical analysis of vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT2) protein in Parkinson's disease. |
Experimental neurology |
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Three types of tyrosine hydroxylase-positive CNS neurons distinguished by dopa decarboxylase and VMAT2 co-expression. |
Cellular and molecular neurobiology |
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VMAT2: a dynamic regulator of brain monoaminergic neuronal function interacting with drugs of abuse. |
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences |
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Effort-related motivational effects of the VMAT-2 inhibitor tetrabenazine: implications for animal models of the motivational symptoms of depression. |
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience |
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Expression of the two isoforms of the vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT1 and VMAT2) in the endocrine pancreas and pancreatic endocrine tumors. |
The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society |
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VMAT2 and dopamine neuron loss in a primate model of Parkinson's disease. |
Journal of neurochemistry |
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VMAT2-Deficient Mice Display Nigral and Extranigral Pathology and Motor and Nonmotor Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease. |
Parkinson's disease |
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The VMAT-2 inhibitor tetrabenazine affects effort-related decision making in a progressive ratio/chow feeding choice task: reversal with antidepressant drugs. |
PloS one |
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Norepinephrine transporter (NET), serotonin transporter (SERT), vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT2) and organic cation transporters (OCT1, 2 and EMT) in human placenta from pre-eclamptic and normotensive pregnancies. |
Placenta |
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Relationship between pancreatic vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) and insulin expression in human pancreas. |
Journal of molecular histology |
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Which Dopamine Polymorphisms Are Functional? Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of COMT, DAT, DBH, DDC, DRD1-5, MAOA, MAOB, TH, VMAT1, and VMAT2. |
Biological psychiatry |
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Loss of striatal vesicular monoamine transporter protein (VMAT2) in human cocaine users. |
The American journal of psychiatry |
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GDNF-secreting human neural progenitor cells increase tyrosine hydroxylase and VMAT2 expression in MPTP-treated cynomolgus monkeys. |
Cell transplantation |
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Dopamine D1, D2, D3 receptors, vesicular monoamine transporter type-2 (VMAT2) and dopamine transporter (DAT) densities in aged human brain. |
PloS one |
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PACAP38 increases vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) expression and attenuates methamphetamine toxicity. |
Neuropeptides |
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The neuronal monoamine transporter VMAT2 is regulated by the trimeric GTPase Go(2). |
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience |
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New fluorescent substrate enables quantitative and high-throughput examination of vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2). |
ACS chemical biology |
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Presynaptic control of striatal dopamine neurotransmission in adult vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) mutant mice. |
Journal of neurochemistry |
54 |
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Inhibition of VMAT-2 and DT-diaphorase induce cell death in a substantia nigra-derived cell line--an experimental cell model for dopamine toxicity studies. |
Chemical research in toxicology |
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VMAT2 identified as a regulator of late-stage β-cell differentiation. |
Nature chemical biology |
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VMAT2 binding is elevated in dopa-responsive dystonia: visualizing empty vesicles by PET. |
Synapse (New York, N.Y.) |
51 |
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The vesicular monoamine content regulates VMAT2 activity through Galphaq in mouse platelets. Evidence for autoregulation of vesicular transmitter uptake. |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
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The VMAT2 gene in mice and humans: amphetamine responses, locomotion, cardiac arrhythmias, aging, and vulnerability to dopaminergic toxins. |
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology |
49 |
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Sex-dependent modulation of ethanol consumption in vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) and dopamine transporter (DAT) knockout mice. |
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology |
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Association study of the vesicular monoamine transporter gene SLC18A2 with tardive dyskinesia. |
Journal of psychiatric research |
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Vesicular Monoamine Transporter 2 (VMAT2) Level Regulates MPTP Vulnerability and Clearance of Excess Dopamine in Mouse Striatal Terminals. |
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology |
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SLC18A2 promoter haplotypes and identification of a novel protective factor against alcoholism. |
Human molecular genetics |
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Region-specific targeting of dopamine D2-receptors and somatodendritic vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) within ventral tegmental area subdivisions. |
Synapse (New York, N.Y.) |
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Overexpression of VMAT-2 and DT-diaphorase protects substantia nigra-derived cells against aminochrome neurotoxicity. |
Biochimica et biophysica acta |
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Enzymatic-nonenzymatic cellular antioxidant defense systems response and immunohistochemical detection of MDMA, VMAT2, HSP70, and apoptosis as biomarkers for MDMA (Ecstasy) neurotoxicity. |
Journal of neuroscience research |
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Rho GTPase regulation of α-synuclein and VMAT2: implications for pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. |
Molecular and cellular neurosciences |
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Association of DNA polymorphisms in the synaptic vesicular amine transporter gene (SLC18A2) with alcohol and nicotine dependence. |
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology |
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Synaptophysin enhances the neuroprotection of VMAT2 in MPP+-induced toxicity in MN9D cells. |
Neurobiology of disease |
36 |
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VMAT2 quantitation by PET as a biomarker for beta-cell mass in health and disease. |
Diabetes, obesity & metabolism |
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Ontogeny of vesicular monoamine transporter mRNAs VMAT1 and VMAT2. I. The developing rat central nervous system. |
Brain research. Developmental brain research |
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In vivo evidence for low striatal vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) availability in cocaine abusers. |
The American journal of psychiatry |
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VMAT2 inhibitors for the treatment of tardive dyskinesia. |
Journal of the neurological sciences |
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Decreased vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) and dopamine transporter (DAT) function in knockout mice affects aging of dopaminergic systems. |
Neuropharmacology |
31 |
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Intermediate phenotype analysis of patients, unaffected siblings, and healthy controls identifies VMAT2 as a candidate gene for psychotic disorder and neurocognition. |
Schizophrenia bulletin |
31 |
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Co-expression studies of the orphan carrier protein Slc10a4 and the vesicular carriers VAChT and VMAT2 in the rat central and peripheral nervous system. |
Neuroscience |
31 |
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Vesicular monoamine transporter, type 2 (VMAT2) expression as it compares to insulin and pancreatic polypeptide in the head, body and tail of the human pancreas. |
Islets |
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Vesicular monoamine transporters (VMATs) in adrenal chromaffin cells: stress-triggered induction of VMAT2 and expression in epinephrine synthesizing cells. |
Cellular and molecular neurobiology |
30 |
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Vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) expression in hematopoietic cells and in patients with systemic mastocytosis. |
The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society |
30 |
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Localization and expression of VMAT2 aross mammalian species: a translational guide for its visualization and targeting in health and disease. |
Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.) |
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Species-specific vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) expression in mammalian pancreatic beta cells: implications for optimising radioligand-based human beta cell mass (BCM) imaging in animal models. |
Diabetologia |
28 |
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No differential regulation of dopamine transporter (DAT) and vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) binding in a primate model of Parkinson disease. |
PloS one |
28 |
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The effect of adenosine A(2A) receptor antagonists on hydroxyl radical, dopamine, and glutamate in the striatum of rats with altered function of VMAT2. |
Neurotoxicity research |
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Vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (SLC18A2) regulates monoamine turnover and brain development in zebrafish. |
Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) |
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VMAT2 Inhibitors and the Path to Ingrezza (Valbenazine). |
Progress in medicinal chemistry |
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Deglycosylation and subcellular redistribution of VMAT2 in the mesostriatal system during normal aging. |
Neurobiology of aging |
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A novel missense variant in SLC18A2 causes recessive brain monoamine vesicular transport disease and absent serotonin in platelets. |
JIMD reports |
24 |
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Immunochemical localization of vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) in mouse brain. |
Journal of chemical neuroanatomy |
24 |
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Genetic and epigenetic SLC18A2 silencing in prostate cancer is an independent adverse predictor of biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy. |
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research |
24 |
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JNK inhibition of VMAT2 contributes to rotenone-induced oxidative stress and dopamine neuron death. |
Toxicology |
23 |
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Evaluation of Pancreatic VMAT2 Binding with Active and Inactive Enantiomers of [18F]FP-DTBZ in Healthy Subjects and Patients with Type 1 Diabetes. |
Molecular imaging and biology |
22 |
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Photoactivation of ERK/CREB/VMAT2 pathway attenuates MPP+-induced neuronal injury in a cellular model of Parkinson's disease. |
Cellular signalling |
22 |
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Ontogeny of vesicular monoamine transporter mRNAs VMAT1 and VMAT2. II. Expression in neural crest derivatives and their target sites in the rat. |
Brain research. Developmental brain research |
22 |
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Identification of human vesicle monoamine transporter (VMAT2) lumenal cysteines that form an intramolecular disulfide bond. |
Biochemistry |
21 |
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Lithium ions modulate the expression of VMAT2 in rat brain. |
Brain research |
21 |
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Decreased VMAT2 in the pancreas of humans with type 2 diabetes mellitus measured in vivo by PET imaging. |
Diabetologia |
20 |
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The vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT-2) inhibitor tetrabenazine induces tremulous jaw movements in rodents: implications for pharmacological models of parkinsonian tremor. |
Neuroscience |
19 |
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A metabolomic study of brain tissues from aged mice with low expression of the vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) gene. |
Neurochemical research |
19 |
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Changes in vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT2) and synaptophysin in rat Substantia nigra and prefrontal cortex induced by psychotropic drugs. |
Neuropsychobiology |
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Heterozygous VMAT2 knockout mice display prolonged QT intervals: possible contributions to sudden death. |
Brain research. Molecular brain research |
18 |
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Association of VMAT2 gene polymorphisms with alcohol dependence. |
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) |
17 |
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High regulatability favors genetic selection in SLC18A2, a vesicular monoamine transporter essential for life. |
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology |
17 |
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The novel pyrrolidine nor-lobelane analog UKCP-110 [cis-2,5-di-(2-phenethyl)-pyrrolidine hydrochloride] inhibits VMAT2 function, methamphetamine-evoked dopamine release, and methamphetamine self-administration in rats. |
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics |
17 |
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VMAT2 Safeguards β-Cells Against Dopamine Cytotoxicity Under High-Fat Diet-Induced Stress. |
Diabetes |
16 |
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VMAT2-Mediated Neurotransmission from Midbrain Leptin Receptor Neurons in Feeding Regulation. |
eNeuro |
16 |
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Evaluation of pancreatic VMAT2 binding with active and inactive enantiomers of 18F-FP-DTBZ in baboons. |
Nuclear medicine and biology |
16 |
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Comparative Analysis of Deutetrabenazine and Valbenazine as VMAT2 Inhibitors for Tardive Dyskinesia: A Systematic Review. |
Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) |
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CSF Biomarkers and Its Associations with 18F-AV133 Cerebral VMAT2 Binding in Parkinson's Disease-A Preliminary Report. |
PloS one |
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L-DOPA does not cause neurotoxicity in VMAT2 heterozygote knockout mice. |
Neurotoxicology |
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VMAT2 availability in Parkinson's disease with probable REM sleep behaviour disorder. |
Molecular brain |
14 |
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N-terminus regulation of VMAT2 mediates methamphetamine-stimulated efflux. |
Neuroscience |
14 |
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Identification of two risk haplotypes for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in the synaptic vesicle monoamine transporter gene (SVMT). |
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics |
14 |
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Exon/intron boundaries, novel polymorphisms, and association analysis with schizophrenia of the human synaptic vesicle monoamine transporter (SVMT) gene. |
Molecular psychiatry |
14 |
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Gastrodin relieves Parkinson's disease-related motor deficits by facilitating the MEK-dependent VMAT2 to maintain dopamine homeostasis. |
Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology |
13 |
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Increased Vesicular Monoamine Transporter 2 (VMAT2) and Dopamine Transporter (DAT) Expression in Adolescent Brain Development: A Longitudinal Micro-PET/CT Study in Rodent. |
Frontiers in neuroscience |
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Tardive dyskinesia: placing vesicular monoamine transporter type 2 (VMAT2) inhibitors into clinical perspective. |
Expert review of neurotherapeutics |
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Increased expression of VMAT2 in dopaminergic neurons during nicotine withdrawal. |
Neuroscience letters |
13 |
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Genetic deletion of vesicular monoamine transporter-2 (VMAT2) reduces dopamine transporter activity in mesencephalic neurons in primary culture. |
Neurochemistry international |
13 |
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The vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) is expressed by normal and tumor cutaneous mast cells and Langerhans cells of the skin but is absent from Langerhans cell histiocytosis. |
The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society |
13 |
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N-acetylcysteine increases dopamine release and prevents the deleterious effects of 6-OHDA on the expression of VMAT2, α-synuclein, and tyrosine hydroxylase. |
Neurological research |
12 |
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Deficits in coordinated motor behavior and in nigrostriatal dopaminergic system ameliorated and VMAT2 expression up-regulated in aged male rats by administration of testosterone propionate. |
Experimental gerontology |
12 |
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Sigma receptor binding of tetrabenazine series tracers targeting VMAT2 in rat pancreas. |
Nuclear medicine and biology |
12 |
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A case report of infantile parkinsonism-dystonia-2 caused by homozygous mutation in the SLC18A2 gene. |
The International journal of neuroscience |
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Selective Knockout of the Vesicular Monoamine Transporter 2 (Vmat2) Gene in Calbindin2/Calretinin-Positive Neurons Results in Profound Changes in Behavior and Response to Drugs of Abuse. |
Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience |
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VMAT2 gene (SLC18A2) variants associated with a greater risk for developing opioid dependence. |
Pharmacogenomics |
11 |
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Association analysis of polymorphisms in VMAT2 and TMEM106B genes for Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and multiple system atrophy. |
Journal of the neurological sciences |
11 |
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Alterations of the Motor and Olfactory Functions Related to Parkinson's Disease in Transgenic Mice With a VMAT2-Deficiency in Dopaminergic Neurons. |
Frontiers in neuroscience |
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Reduced VMAT2 expression exacerbates the hyposmia in the MPTP model of Parkinson's disease. |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
10 |
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Retrograde trafficking of VMAT2 and its role in protein stability in non-neuronal cells. |
Journal of biomedical research |
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A New VMAT-2 Inhibitor NBI-641449 in the Treatment of Huntington Disease. |
CNS neuroscience & therapeutics |
10 |
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Meta-analysis and systematic review of vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT-2) inhibitors in schizophrenia and psychosis. |
Psychopharmacology |
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VMAT2 Inhibitors for Tardive Dyskinesia-Practice Implications. |
Journal of pharmacy practice |
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Age-dependent effects of methamphetamine on VMAT-2. |
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences |
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Motility phenotype in a zebrafish vmat2 mutant. |
PloS one |
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