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Regulatory peptide receptors: visualization by autoradiography

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The receptors for regulatory peptides have been extensively characterized using radioligand binding techniques. By combining these binding techniques with autoradiography it is possible to visualize at the light and electron microscopic levels the anatomical and cellular localization of these receptors. In this review we discuss the procedures used to label peptide receptors for autoradiography and the peculiarities of peptides as ligands. The utilization of autoradiography in mapping peptide receptors in brain and peripheral tissues, some of the new insights revealed by these studies particularly the problem of ‘mismatch’ between endogenous peptides and receptors, the existence of multiple receptors for a given peptide family and the use of peptide receptor autoradiography in human tissues are also reviewed.

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Palacios, J.M., Dietl, M.M. Regulatory peptide receptors: visualization by autoradiography. Experientia 43, 750–761 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01945352

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