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  • Title: Dopamine D-2 auto- and postsynaptic receptors in the nigrostriatal system of the rat brain: localization by quantitative autoradiography with [3H]sulpiride.
    Author: Filloux FM, Wamsley JK, Dawson TM.
    Journal: Eur J Pharmacol; 1987 Jun 12; 138(1):61-8. PubMed ID: 3113982.
    Abstract:
    In vitro receptor autoradiography with [3H]sulpiride (a selective D-2 antagonist) was used to assess the effect of 6-hydroxydopamine and ibotenic acid lesions of the caudate-putamen and substantia nigra pars compacta on D-2 dopamine receptors in rat brain. A marked reduction in [3H]sulpiride binding within the pars compacta of the substantia nigra resulted from lesions of the substantia nigra compacta with either toxin, while substantial reduction in binding within the caudate-putamen followed only ibotenate lesions of that structure. Since (-)sulpiride is a selective D-2 antagonist, these data confirm that autoreceptors on nigral DA neurons are of the D-2 type, while a portion of D-2 receptors in the caudate-putamen are postsynaptic on striatal neurons.
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