Studies of muscarinic and nicotinic binding sites in brain

A Nordberg, C Larsson - Acta physiologica Scandinavica …, 1980 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Binding properties for the muscarinic antagonist quinuclidinyl benzilate (QNB), the nicotinic
antagonist tubocurarine and nicotine to crude synaptosomal fractions from mouse and rat …

[3H] pirenzepine and (-)-[3H] quinuclidinyl benzilate binding to rat cerebral cortical and cardiac muscarinic cholinergic sites. I. Characterization and regulation of …

M Watson, HI Yamamura, WR Roeske - Journal of Pharmacology and …, 1986 - ASPET
The binding and regulation of selected muscarinic agonists to putative subtypes in rat
cerebral cortex and heart were studied. Parallel inhibition studies of [3H] pirenzepine ([3H] …

Effects of antiparkinsonian drugs on muscarinic receptor binding in rat brain, heart and lung

EKG Syvälahti, R Kunelios… - Pharmacology & …, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
The anticholinergic antiparkinsonian drugs biperiden, benztropine, trihexyphenidyl,
methixene, and procyclidine were compared with atropine and pirenzepine, as well as with …

Brain muscarinic cholinergic receptors in Huntington's disease

KW Lange, F Javoy-Agid, Y Agid, P Jenner… - Journal of …, 1992 - Springer
Muscarinic cholinergic receptors and choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) activity were studied
in postmortem brain tissue from patients with Huntington's disease and matched control …

[3H] Pirenzepine selectively identifies a high affinity population of muscarinic cholinergic receptors in the rat cerebral cortex

M Watson, WR Roeske, HI Yamamura - Life sciences, 1982 - Elsevier
The specific binding of [3 H] pirenzepine was investigated in homogenates of rat cerebral
cortex, cerebellar cortex, and heart. Specific binding of [3 H] pirenzepine in the cerebral …

Muscarinic cholinergic receptor subtypes in the human brain. II. Quantitative autoradiographic studies

R Corte, A Probst, HJ Tobler - Brain research, 1986 - Elsevier
The distribution and characteristics of M 1 and M 2 muscarinic cholinergic receptors as
defined by their affinity for the antagonist pizenzepine were studied in the human brain using …

Nicotinic and muscarinic subtypes in the human brain: changes with aging and dementia

A Nordberg, I Alafuzoff… - Journal of neuroscience …, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
Different effects of normal aging on muscarinic and nicotinic receptor subtypes were
observed in postmortem brain tissue from different regions of the human brain. A significant …

Neurotransmitter receptor alterations in Parkinson's disease

TD Reisine, JZ Fields, HI Yamamura, ED Bird… - Life sciences, 1977 - Elsevier
Neurotransmitter receptor binding for GABA, serotonin, cholinergic muscarinic and
dopamine receptors and choline acetyltransferase (ChAc) activity were measured in the …

[3H] Pirenzepine and [3H] quinuclidinyl benzilate binding to brain muscarinic cholinergic receptors. Differences in measured receptor density are not explained by …

GR Luthin, BB Wolfe - Molecular pharmacology, 1984 - ASPET
Muscarinic receptor densities were measured in membranes prepared from rat cerebral
cortex using [3H] pirenzepine and [3H] quinuclidinyl benzilate. Isotherms of equilibrium …

Quantitative light microscopic autoradiographic localization of cholinergic muscarinic receptors in the human brain: brainstem

R Cortes, A Probst, JM Palacios - Neuroscience, 1984 - Elsevier
We have investigated the localization of muscarinic cholinergic receptors in the brainstem of
eight patients free of neurological disease following quantitative autoradiography of …