title: Changes in brainstem and spinal adrenoceptor binding with ageing in spontaneously hypertensive and Wistar-Kyoto rats.
abstract: Adrenoceptor binding in membranes prepared from the brainstem and thoracic spinal cord of male spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats aged 6 and 36-40 weeks has been compared. Binding of [3H]prazosin (alpha 1-receptors), [3H]rauwolscine (alpha 2-receptors) and [3H]dihydroalprenolol (DHA: beta-receptors) fell with age in both regions in both strains. Strain, independent of age, was also a significant determinant of binding for all three ligands in brainstem and for [3H]DHA in spinal cord. The changes in receptor binding may reflect differences in noradrenergic activity with age and between SHR and WKY rats.
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Howes
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Summers
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000378:metabolism*; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000378:metabolism*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta