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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 2.
Published in final edited form as: Neuroscience. 2015 Jan 29;290:421–434. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.01.023

Table 4.

Brain Region [3H]U69,593 KOR Relative Binding
Titi Monkey Human9,10 Rat11,12 Guinea Pig11 Prairie Vole8
Cingulate Gyrus +
Striatum
    Caudate + ++ + +++ +++
    Putamen + ++ + +++ +++
    Nucleus Accumbens Shell + ++ ++ +++ ++++
    Nucleus Accumbens Core + ++ ++ +++ +++
    NUDAP 0 N/A N/A N/A
Claustrum ++++ ++++ ++ ++++ +++
Globus Pallidus Internal + + + +
Ventral Pallidum ++ ++
Amygdala/Extended Amygdala +++ + +
    Anterior Amygdala +
    Basolateral Amygdala +
    Basomedial Amygdala +
    Cortical Amygdala +
    Medial Amygdala +
    Central Amygdala +
    Paralaminar n. 0
    Lateral Amygdala +
    Bed Nucleus of the Stria
        Terminalis 0 + +
Septal Region
    Medial Septum + + +
    Lateral Septum + + +
    Diagonal Band +
Hippocampus 0
    Septohippocampal n. 0
    Presubiculum +
    Entorhinal cortex +
    CA1 + +++
    CA3 + +
Hypothalamus + +++*10 + + 0
    Anterior hypothalamic n.
    Arcuate N.
    Dorsomedial hypothalamic n.
    Lateral hypothalamic n. + +
    Medial preoptic area
    Paraventricular hypothalamic n.
    Suprachiasmatic hypothalamic n.
    Supraoptic hypothalamic. N.
    Ventromedial hypothalamic n. +
    Septohypothalamic n.
Mammillary body 0 + +
Substantia Nigra 0 + + +++
Thalamus 0 +++*10
    Anteroventral thalamic n.
    Ventrolateral thalamic n.
    ventral anterior thalamic n.
    Mediodorsal thalamic n. + +
    Pulvinar
Interpeduncular n. 0 +

++++, very dense; +++ dense, ++ moderate, + light, 0 not detectable, N/A not applicable, blank cells = no data, *10Quirion et al., 1987 does not specify nuclei or supply images