title: [3H]MK-801 binding sites in neonate rat brain.
abstract: [3H]MK-801 binding sites are present in neonate rat brain as early as 3 days after birth. Immature hippocampus and cortex contain approximately one sixth the concentration of binding sites of the adult, while brainstem concentration is twice as high as that of adult. [3H]MK-801 binding is stimulated by glutamate and glycine and blocked by phencyclidine and Mg2+ both in 7-day-old neonate and adult, indicating that as early as 7 days postnatally, the N-methyl-D-aspartate-type glutamate receptor and MK-801 binding site are functionally coupled.
authors.affiliation: Neurology Research Laboratory, V.A. Medical Center, Sepulveda, CA 91343.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Morin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Wasterlain
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thomson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000378:metabolism*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D003986:Dibenzocycloheptenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate; D005971:Glutamates / Q000494:pharmacology; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D005998:Glycine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D003986:Dibenzocycloheptenes; D005971:Glutamates; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate; D005998:Glycine