Resumen
The characteristics and distribution of muscarinic acetylcholine (mACh) receptor binding in primary somatosensory (SI) cortex and the caudate nucleus of raccoons were studied using [3H]-QNB, a muscarinic antagonist. The binding characteristics were similar to reported values in rat and cat. Autoradiographs produced from tissue sections labeled with [3H]-QNB showed the distribution of mACh receptors in the forebrain of the raccoon. [3H]-QNB binding was highest in cerebral cortex, neostriatum and hippocampus. Within SI cortex, binding was high in layers I-III and VI and relatively low in layers IV and V. Autoradiographs obtained from animals that had undergone peripheral deafferentation of part of the forepaw revealed no changes in [3H]-QNB binding in the affected cortical region during the time that physiological reorganization is known to occur.
Idioma original | English |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 597-601 |
Número de páginas | 5 |
Publicación | Brain Research Bulletin |
Volumen | 20 |
N.º | 5 |
DOI | |
Estado | Published - may. 1988 |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- General Neuroscience
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't