Article
Phenotypical characterization of the neurons expressing the D1 and D2 dopamine receptors in the monkey striatum.
The Journal of comparative neurology - 28 Feb 2000
Aubert I, Ghorayeb I, Normand E, Bloch B
Abstract excerpt
The striatum is regulated by dopaminergic inputs from the substantia nigra. Several anatomical studies using in situ hybridization have demonstrated that in rodents, dopamine D1 and D2 receptors are segregated into distinct striatal efferent populations: dopamine D1 receptor into gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)/substance P striatonigral neurons, and dopamine D2 receptor into GABA/enkephalin striatopallidal...
Topics
- Animals
- Corpus Striatum
- Enkephalins
- Glutamate Decarboxylase
- Isoenzymes
- Macaca fascicularis
- Neurons
- Parkinson Disease
- Phenotype
- Protein Precursors
- RNA, Messenger
- Receptors, Dopamine D1
- Receptors, Dopamine D2
- Substance P
