title: Effects of pargyline, reserpine and neurotoxin lesions on [3H]tryptamine binding sites in rat brain.
abstract: [3H]Tryptamine binding sites were measured in 4 areas of rat brain following treatment with either pargyline or reserpine for 12 days, or 5 days and 30 days following intraventricular injections of 6-hydroxydopamine or 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine. Pargyline treatment decreased [3H]tryptamine binding in cerebral cortex, hippocampus, striatum and hypothalamus. Reserpine treatment increased binding in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus, but not in the striatum or hypothalamus. Neither 6-hydroxydopamine nor 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine altered [3H]tryptamine binding in any of the 4 brain areas. These results indicate that [3H]tryptamine binding sites in brain may be modified by drugs that can potentially affect tryptamine metabolism, and that the sites are not located on catecholamine or serotonin axons.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects*; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D009498:Neurotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010293:Pargyline / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects*; D012110:Reserpine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D009498:Neurotoxins; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012701:Serotonin; D012110:Reserpine; D010293:Pargyline