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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Feb 3.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Res. 2006 Dec 11;1131(1):220–228. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.10.069

Table 3.

Receptor Density After 60 Days of Withdrawal – Mean (+SEM) density (fmol/mg) of D1, D2, and NMDA receptors in the VTA, N.Acc Shell, N.Acc Core, Dorsal Striatum, and mPFC in the Sal, Coc1h, and Coc6h groups 60 days after the last self-administration session.

Saline Coc1h Coc6h
D1
mPFC 15 ± 2 18 ± 2 12 ± 2
N.Acc Core 37 ± 4 42 ± 3 42 ± 3
N.Acc Shell 27 ± 6 27 ± 3 31 ± 6
Striatum 62 ± 6 65 ± 3 72 ± 5
VTA 4 ± 1 6 ± 1 5 ± 1
D2
mPFC 242 ± 15 253 ± 24 261 ± 23
N.Acc Core 242 ± 25 242 ± 25 251 ± 8
N.Acc Shell 278 ± 30 220 ± 17 * 297 ± 18
Striatum 173 ± 23 184 ± 14 175 ± 20
VTA 207 ± 17 193 ± 31 190 ± 23
NMDA
mPFC 357 ± 37 298 ± 49 311 ± 37
N.Acc Core 217 ± 22 229 ± 32 227 ± 31
N.Acc Shell 190 ± 28 205 ± 27 190 ± 27
Striatum 246 ± 19 206 ± 27 255 ± 23
VTA 70 ± 9 107 ± 14 73 ± 15
*

Significantly different than Coc6h