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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 28.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Res Bull. 2007 Nov 12;75(5):640–647. doi: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.10.008

TABLE 1.

Control Values for 5HT Markers

Brain region Age 5HT1A Receptors 5HT2 Receptors* 5HT Transporter
male female male female male female
Frontal/parietal cortex PN30 104 ± 5 111 ± 2 125 ± 4 137 ± 3 277 ± 7 291 ± 10
PN60 68 ± 7 68 ± 7 116 ± 3 126 ± 3 339 ± 14 343 ± 9
PN100 56 ± 2 49 ± 4 88 ± 2 93 ± 2 299 ± 9 287 ± 6
Temporal/occipital cortex PN30 138 ± 4 124 ± 5 69 ± 2 75 ± 2 199 ± 9 187 ± 7
PN60 99 ± 5 103 ± 6 51 ± 3 55 ± 2 207 ± 7 203 ± 10
PN100 92 ± 7 99 ± 7 52 ± 2 61 ± 3 220 ± 13 231 ± 10
Brainstem PN30 38 ± 2 31 ± 2 19 ± 1 20 ± 1 276 ± 14 290 ± 7
PN60 22 ± 1 24 ± 1 16 ± 1 15 ± 1 251 ± 14 244 ± 8
PN100 18 ± 1 19 ± 1 13 ± 1 14 ± 1 234 ± 6 257 ± 6

Data are means and standard errors obtained from 6 animals of each sex at each age.

*

Females significantly higher than males; main effect of sex, p < 0.0001.