PMID- 2522809 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19890519 LR - 20190613 IS - 0006-8993 (Print) IS - 0006-8993 (Linking) VI - 477 IP - 1-2 DP - 1989 Jan 16 TI - D2 dopamine receptors in the rat prefrontal cortex: characterization and alteration by stress. PG - 300-7 AB - D2 dopamine (DA) receptors were characterized in the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) of the rat by employing radioligand binding techniques which greatly reduced [3H]spiperone binding to filters, S2 serotonin receptors and spirodecanone sites. Competition studies suggested that the MPFC contains a higher proportion of D2 [high] receptors than does the striatum. The IC50 values of DA receptor antagonists in assays of MPFC tissue were correlated with their antipsychotic potencies. Stress (footshock or tailshock) increased the density of MPFC D2 dopamine receptors and decreased their affinity for [3H]spiperone. These changes were delayed in onset, being present at 27 h but not at 3 h after exposure to stress. The binding assay detected the changes when it was performed at pH 7.9 but not when the pH was reduced to 6.2. D2 dopamine receptors in the striatum and nucleus accumbens were not affected by stress. FAU - MacLennan, A J AU - MacLennan AJ AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. FAU - Pelleymounter, M A AU - Pelleymounter MA FAU - Atmadja, S AU - Atmadja S FAU - Jakubovic, A AU - Jakubovic A FAU - Maier, S F AU - Maier SF FAU - Fibiger, H C AU - Fibiger HC LA - eng GR - RSDA 00324/RS/DRS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - Netherlands TA - Brain Res JT - Brain research JID - 0045503 RN - 0 (Receptors, Dopamine) RN - 0 (Receptors, Dopamine D2) RN - 4X6E73CJ0Q (Spiperone) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Binding, Competitive MH - Cerebral Cortex/*metabolism MH - Kinetics MH - Male MH - Rats MH - Rats, Inbred Strains MH - Receptors, Dopamine/*metabolism MH - Receptors, Dopamine D2 MH - Reference Values MH - Spiperone/metabolism MH - Stress, Psychological/*metabolism EDAT- 1989/01/16 00:00 MHDA- 1989/01/16 00:01 CRDT- 1989/01/16 00:00 PHST- 1989/01/16 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1989/01/16 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1989/01/16 00:00 [entrez] AID - 0006-8993(89)91418-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/0006-8993(89)91418-2 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Brain Res. 1989 Jan 16;477(1-2):300-7. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(89)91418-2.