Abstract
Repeated administration of the tricyclic antidepressant desmethylimipramine to adult rats for 10 days caused a 40 percent decrease in the density of β 1 -adrenergic receptors in the cerebral cortex but had no effect on the density of β 2 -adrenergic receptors. Conversely, destruction of noradrenergic neurons by administration of 6-hydroxydopamine to neonatal rats caused a 64 percent increase in the density of β 1 -adrenergic receptors in adult cerebral cortex with no change in the density of β 2 -adrenergic receptors. These results suggest that the β-adrenergic receptors in rat cortex involved in neuronal function are primarily of the β 1 subtype.
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Created | 18 years, 11 months ago (Oct. 5, 2006, 12:39 p.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 14, 2024, 4:53 a.m.) |
Indexed | 1 day, 23 hours ago (Sept. 4, 2025, 9:10 a.m.) |
Issued | 46 years, 3 months ago (May 25, 1979) |
Published | 46 years, 3 months ago (May 25, 1979) |
Published Print | 46 years, 3 months ago (May 25, 1979) |
@article{Minneman_1979, title={β 1 - and β 2 -Adrenergic Receptors in Rat Cerebral Cortex Are Independently Regulated}, volume={204}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.35829}, DOI={10.1126/science.35829}, number={4395}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Minneman, Kenneth P. and Dibner, Mark D. and Wolfe, Barry B. and Molinoff, Perry B.}, year={1979}, month=may, pages={866–868} }