Table 1.
Numerical density (mean ± SEM) of specific [3H]compound-D binding sites in different brain areas of adult rats (n = 4)
|
Brain area |
Density |
|---|---|
| Olfactory bulb | |
| Glomerular layer | 383.3 ± 16.0 |
| Granule cell and mitral cell layers | 130.4 ± 11.9 |
| Septum (lateral nucleus) | 123.1 ± 11.8 |
| Striatum | 93.3 ± 13.4 |
| Cerebral cortex | |
| Frontal | 137.1 ± 11.4 |
| Parietal | 133.6 ± 7.7 |
| Piriform/entorhinal | 150.0 ± 9.9 |
| Occipital | 137.5 ± 9.2 |
| Hippocampal formation | |
| CA1 (stratum pyramidale) | 117.1 ± 9.9 |
| CA3 (stratum pyramidale) | 150.3 ± 11.6 |
| Dentate gyrus (granular cell layer and hilus) | 175.2 ± 10.8 |
| Amygdaloid complex | 135.8 ± 6.1 |
| Thalamus | |
| Medial nucleus | 123.2 ± 5.3 |
| Lateral nucleus | 102.1 ± 12.0 |
| Ventral and posterior nucleus | 102.7 ± 11.1 |
| Medial geniculate nucleus | 99.5 ± 6.4 |
| Lateral geniculate nucleus | 78.3 ± 7.1 |
| Hypothalamus | |
| Paraventricular nucleus | 134.6 ± 7.4 |
| Anterior nucleus | 123.1 ± 11.3 |
| Lateral nucleus | 92.4 ± 11.8 |
| Dorsomedial nucleus | 143.0 ± 6.4 |
| Ventromedial nucleus | 152.3 ± 5.8 |
| Brainstem | |
| Superior colliculus | 141.6 ± 11.4 |
| Inferior colliculus | 83.2 ± 15.4 |
| Central gray | 122.4 ± 8.0 |
| Substantia nigra, reticular | 184.7 ± 12.9 |
| Interpeduncular nucleus | 128.9 ± 14.9 |
| Superior olivery nucleus | 60.3 ± 15.6 |
| Trigeminal nucleus | 60.1 ± 9.2 |
| Cerebellar cortex | 182.6 ± 5.4 |
| Pituitary | 360.4 ± 8.0 |
| Choroid plexus |
467.8 ± 33.3 |