title: Binding characteristics of the selective alpha 2-adrenoceptor antagonist [3H]idazoxan to rat olfactory cortex membranes.
abstract: [3H]Idazoxan binding to membranes prepared from rat olfactory cortex obeyed saturation kinetics and was to a single population of sites. Although the density of sites was dependent on the incubation medium, binding was of high affinity (KD approximately 5.5 nM) with a Hill coefficient close to unity. Competition studies with a range of adrenoceptor agonists and antagonists confirmed that [3H]idazoxan binding was to alpha 2-adrenoceptors. Neither chemical lesions with the neurotoxin kainic acid nor chronic unilateral bulbectomy significantly altered any of the [3H]idazoxan binding parameters. These findings suggest that alpha 2-adrenoceptors are not located on the lateral olfactory tract terminals or pyramidal cells of the olfactory cortex.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive / Q000187:drug effects; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D004146:Dioxanes / Q000378:metabolism*; D004147:Dioxins / Q000378:metabolism*; D019329:Idazoxan; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007608:Kainic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008566:Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D004146:Dioxanes; D004147:Dioxins; D007608:Kainic Acid; D019329:Idazoxan