The difference between saturable binding of [3H]emonapride (to D2, D3 and D4 receptors) and [125I]epidepride (to D2 and D3 receptors) was used to determine dopamine D4 receptors in putamen taken post-mortem from antipsychotic-treated schizophrenic subjects and matched controls. Despite an overall increase in D2/D3 receptor density in schizophrenia, reflecting prior antipsychotic drug treatment, striatal D4 receptors were not significantly detectable in either controls or schizophrenic subjects.
Masashi YamakawaKenichi MATSUNO
Jian XiaHao FuShuling TianLong Chen
Kazuhiro NakahashiFumiya TogashiDmitri Sharov