3H-Dihydromorphine binding in brain regions of young and aged rats |
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Authors: | R B Messing B J Vasquez V R Spiehler J L Martinez R A Jensen H Rigter J L McGaugh |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychobiology, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92717, USA |
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Abstract: | Opiate receptor-ligand binding was investigated in brains of young and aged female F344 rats. A significant reduction in the density of binding sites for 3H-dihydromorphine was observed in the thalamus and midbrain of aged rats. Evidence of two binding sites was observed in the anterior cortex of young rats, whereas aged rats exhibited only a single site. The occurrence of pituitary tumors in the old female rats did not affect 3H-dihydromorphine binding. The highest density of dihydromorphine binding sites was found in the diencephalon, and the lowest density in the hippocampus. Receptor densities in the anterior cortex, striatum, amygdala, frontal poles and midbrain were intermediate, and few, if any, high affinity binding sites for dihydromorphine were found in the pons-medulla or posterior cortex. |
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