Messenger RNA encoding the D2 dopaminergic receptor detected by in situ hybridization histochemistry in rat brain

FEBS Letters

Barton, A.J.L.¹  Heffernan, J.¹  Pearson, R.C.A.¹  Harrison, P.J.²  Najlerahim, A.¹ 

[1] Departments of Anatomy and Cell Biology, and Psychiatry, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK;Psychiatry, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK

关键词: Striatum;    Substantia nigra;    Dopamine receptor;    mRNA;    Northern analysis;   

DOI  :  10.1016/0014-5793(89)81116-0

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

【 摘 要 】

A 30 base synthetic oligonucleotide probe was used to detect the mRNA encoding the rat D₂ dopaminergic receptor. On Northern analysis, the probe identified a single species of mRNA of approximately 2.9 kb, present at highest levels in the striatum but also found in the brainstem, neocortex and diencephalon. On sections, neurons containing high levels of the mRNA were detected in the striatum, the substantia nigra pars compacta and the ventral tegmental area. Lower levels of signal were seen over neurons in the hypothalamus, the frontal neocortex, and the globus pallidus.

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