Chronic Exposure to Arsenic in Drinking Water Causes Alterations in Locomotor Activity and Decreases Striatal mRNA for the D2 Dopamine Receptor in CD1 Male Mice

Table 1

Primer sets used for SYBR green-based qPCR analysis of dopamine receptors.

Target	Abbreviation	Primer	Primer sequence	Primer length (nt)	Amplicon size (bp)	Gene bank accession number
Dopamine receptor D1a	Drd1	Forward	5′ CAG TCC ATG CCA AGA ATT GCC AGA 3′	24	255	NM_010076.3
		Reverse	5′ AAT CGA TGC AGA ATG GCT GGG TCT 3′	24
Dopamine receptor D2	Drd2	Forward	5′ TGA ACA GGC GGA GAA TGG 3′	18	70	NM_010077.2
		Reverse	5′ CTG GTG CTT GAC AGC ATC TC 3′	20
Beta-actin	Bact	Forward	5′ CCA GGT CAT CAC TAT TGG CAA CGA G 3′	25	141	NM_007393.3
		Reverse	5′ TCT TTA CGG ATG TCA ACG TCA CAC T 3′	25

nt: nucleotide, bp: base pair.