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Richards, G.E. et al.

The ontogeny of [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine binding in the lamb: effects of in vivo thyroidectomy.

The effects of congenital hypothyroidism in the late gestation ovine fetus include changes in serotonin concentrations in specific brain areas. To investigate possible ontogenic patterns of changes in 5-HT receptor function, we studied the binding characteristics of [3H]5-HT in the midbrain, hypothalamus and cerebral cortex in the late gestation ovine fetus and young lamb. We compared the binding characteristics of control fetuses to those of thyroidectomized fetuses, with or without thyroxine replacement therapy. In each of the areas examined, age-dependent changes in the receptor density (Bmax) for [3H]5-HT was observed. In cerebral cortex, Bmax was constant from 120 days gestation through the early neonatal period and increased significantly only at 25-30 days after birth. In hypothalamus, [3H]5-HT binding density decreased late in gestation (140-145 days) with a return after birth to values comparable to those at 120-125 and 130-135 days gestation. The midbrain also exhibited a significant age-dependent pattern of altered receptor density with a decrease in the 130-135 and 140-145 day gestational age groups compared to both younger and older lambs. In contrast, the affinity constant (Kd) for [3H]5-HT did not change over the ages evaluated in cerebral cortex or hypothalamus. In the midbrain, however, there was a significant increase in Kd at 1-5 days after birth compared to all other age groups. The ability of fetal thyroidectomy, with or without thyroxine replacement therapy, to alter patterns of [3H]5-HT binding was also tested.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)[1]

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The ontogeny of [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine binding in the lamb: effects of in vivo thyroidectomy. Richards, G.E., Lakoski, J.M., Black, E.W., Halpern, R.E., Ball, K., Gluckman, P.D. Int. J. Dev. Neurosci. (1990) [Pubmed]

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