title: Effects of cocaine on dopamine receptor gene expression: a study in the postmortem human brain.
abstract: The effects of chronic cocaine exposure on dopamine D1 and D2 receptor gene expression in the human brain were studied in postmortem samples from chronic cocaine abusing and matched control subjects. Using in situ hybridization of receptor autoradiography to examine messenger ribonucleic acid (RNA) and binding sites, respectively, neither D1 nor D2 receptor expression was found to be changed in the nucleus accumbens, caudate, putamen, or substantia nigra of the cocaine-exposed subjects. Although chronic cocaine exposure can produce alterations in dopaminergic neurotransmission, sustained compensatory changes in dopamine receptor expression do not appear to occur in the human.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0720.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Meador-Woodruff
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Damask
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mansour
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D001345:Autoradiography; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D003042:Cocaine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008297:Male; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D003042:Cocaine