title: Comparative postnatal development of dopamine D(1), D(2) and D(4) receptors in rat forebrain.
abstract: Postnatal development of dopamine D(1), D(2) and D(4) receptors in the caudate-putamen, nucleus accumbens, frontal cortex and hippocampus was assessed in rat brain between postnatal days 7 and 60. In the caudate-putamen and nucleus accumbens, density of all three receptor subtypes increased to a peak at postnatal day 28, then declined significantly in both regions (postnatal days 35-60) to adult levels. In the frontal cortex and hippocampus, these receptors rose steadily and continuously to stable, maximal adult levels by postnatal day 60. Evidently, D(1), D(2) and D(4) receptors follow a similar course of development in several cortical, limbic and extrapyramidal regions of rat forebrain, with selective elimination of excess dopamine receptors at the time of puberty in the caudate-putamen and accumbens but not other brain regions.
authors.affiliation: Mailman Research Center, McLean Division of Massachusetts General Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, USA. ftarzi@hms.harvard.edu
authors.forename: F I
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Tarazi
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Baldessarini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016548:Prosencephalon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000254:growth & development*; D051381:Rats; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000502:physiology*; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1 / Q000502:physiology; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000502:physiology; D050638:Receptors, Dopamine D4
chemical_list: C493601:Drd4 protein, rat; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D050638:Receptors, Dopamine D4