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. 2003 Apr 1;23(7):2840–2850. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02840.2003

Table 1.

Dopamine D1- and D2-like receptor binding in the developing neostriatum

Age E13 E14 E15 E17 P0
nCi/mg tissue equivalent (mean ± SEM)
 D1-like binding 0.065  ± 0.023 1.552  ± 0.103 2.09  ± 0.217 4.068  ± 0.575 5.466  ± 0.569
 D2-like binding 0.017  ± 0.014 0.262  ± 0.01 0.224  ± 0.037 0.893  ± 0.181 1.06  ± 0.213
Femtomoles of bound ligand per milligram of tissue
 D1-like binding 0.927 22.038 29.680 57.769 77.6223
 D2-like binding 0.219  3.295  2.823 11.253 13.360

The binding intensities were standardized to nanocuries per milligram (nCi/mg) of tissue equivalent across the different replications by calibration against tritiated polymer standards. Then, the nCi/mg of tissue equivalent values were converted to femtomoles of bound ligand per milligram of tissue on the basis of the specific activity of the antagonists used. Both D1- and D2-like binding increases during development.