Figure 1

Agarose gel electrophoresis showing RT-PCR products of dopamine receptor subtypes (D1 to D5) mRNAs in rat hippocampal neurons (A) and whole striatum (B). Lanes (+) and (-) represent the PCR products amplified from hippocampal neurons cDNAs following reverse transcription in the presence or absence of reverse transcriptase, respectively. The two hippocampal cultures gave identical results. Expected size for PCR products: D1, 300 bp; D2, 538 bp and 451 bp; D3, 523 bp and 410 bp; D4, 324 bp; D5, 403 bp. Lane M, molecular size standard 100-bp ladder.