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Adenylate cyclase responses of brain cortex and neostriatum to noradrenaline and dopamine are increased in rats with jaundice in proportion to its severity. In comparing the situation with uraemia, the relevance of phenols has to be considered.
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Turner, G., Wardle, E.N. Brain adenylate cyclase activation in the jaundiced rat. Experientia 35, 1286–1287 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01963959
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