The Effect of Visual Deprivation on β‐Adrenergic Receptors in the Visual Centres of the Rat Brain
- 31 March 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Neurochemistry
- Vol. 38 (4), 1038-1043
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.1982.tb05345.x
Abstract
The levels of binding of [3H]dihydroalprenolol to .beta.-adrenergic receptors in the visual centers and frontal cortex from brains of control, dark-reared and monocularly deprived rats were compared. Receptor binding is changed in monocularly deprived rats in the lateral geniculate nuclei and superior colliculi of both sides. Scatchard analyses indicated that the changes in the [3H]dihydroalprenolol binding in the lateral geniculate nuclei were due to alterations in both receptor affinity and receptor number. No effect of dark-rearing could be detected.Keywords
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