Table 2. Radioactivity Distribution 30 min Post-injection Determined by Counting after Dissection.
| Uptake
index (±SEM) |
Uptake
inhibition (%)d |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tissue or BS | Baseline conditions | blocking with naloxonea | blocking with U50,488b | blocking with JDTicc | BS/CB ratio (baseline) | naloxone | U50,488 | JDTic |
| Blood | 0.25 ± 0.04 | 0.33 ± 0.09 | 0.24 ± 0.03 | 0.27 ± 0.04 | nae | nae | nae | nae |
| Pituitary | 8.06 ± 0.28 | 5.58 ± 0.48 | 5.61 ± 0.19 | 4.59 ± 0.67 | nae | 31 | 30 | 43 |
| 1/2 Brain | 0.06 ± 0.01 | 0.05 ± 0.01 | 0.05 ± 0.01 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | nae | |||
| HY | 0.23 ± 0.07 | 0.17 ± 0.02 | 0.13 ± 0.02 | 0.17 ± 0.02 | 3.70 ± 1.31 | 43 | ||
| OT | 0.15 ± 0.03 | 0.17 ± 0.08 | 0.09 ± 0.01 | 0.13 ± 0.02 | 2.09 ± 0.30 | 40 | ||
| CPU | 0.12 ± 0.04 | 0.08 ± 0.01 | 0.13 ± 0.04 | 0.09 ± 0.01 | 1.61 ± 0.23 | 37 | ||
| HIP | 0.10 ± 0.01 | 0.09 ± 0.02 | 0.10 ± 0.01 | 0.10 ± 0.02 | 1.59 ± 0.39 | |||
| CTX | 0.09 ± 0.01 | 0.11 ± 0.05 | 0.08 ± 0.01 | 0.09 ± 0.01 | 1.31 ± 0.30 | |||
| TH | 0.08 ± 0.02 | 0.11 ± 0.06 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | 1.11 ± 0.31 | |||
| CB | 0.07 ± 0.02 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | 0.07 ± 0.01 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | 1.00 ± 0.01 | |||
Preinjection of naloxone (1 mg/kg; iv; 10 min).
Preinjection of U-50,488 (1 mg/kg; iv; 10 min).
Preinjection of JDTic (10 mg/kg; ip; 30 min).
Only values for significant inhibition (P < 0.041).
Not applicable.