Presence of D4 dopamine receptors in human prefrontal cortex: a postmortem study Presença de receptores dopaminérgicos D4 em córtex cerebral humano: um estudo post-mortem

OBJECTIVE: The aim of our study was to explore the presence and the distribution of D4 dopamine receptors in postmortem human prefrontal cortex, by means of the binding of [³H]YM-09151-2, an antagonist that has equal affinity for D2, D3 and D4 receptors. It was therefore necessary to devise a unique...

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Main Authors: Donatella Marazziti, Antonio Lucacchini, Stefano Baroni, Laura Betti, Mario Catena, Gino Giannaccini, Bernardo Dell'Osso, Irene Masala, Francesco Mungai, Liliana Dell'Osso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2007-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462007000200011