title: Axonal transport of dopamine D1 receptors in the rat brain.
abstract: Binding of a specific dopamine D1 receptor antagonist, 125I-SCH 23982, was measured in rat brain sections by quantitative autoradiography at various time intervals, following a knife cut through the striatonigral pathway. Twenty-four hours after lesioning, accumulations of D1 receptor binding sites were found in sagittal sections both rostral and caudal to the lesion site. No other regions studied (caudate-putamen, nucleus accumbens, olfactory tubercle, and substantia nigra pars reticulata) showed any change in D1 receptor binding 24 h after the lesion. In brain sections obtained 10 days after lesioning, only the substantia nigra pars reticulata had a significant decrease in D1 receptors ipsilateral to the lesion. These findings suggest the possibility of a presence of bidirectional axonal transport of D1 receptors in rat striatonigral pathway.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D001370:Axonal Transport; D001552:Benzazepines / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008297:Male; D009928:Organ Specificity; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1
chemical_list: C049558:8-iodo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-3-methyl-5-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine-7-ol; D001552:Benzazepines; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1