Quantitative autoradiography of [3H]sulpiride binding sites in rat brain.

A technique has been developed to investigate [3H]sulpiride binding in rat brain sections using quantitative autoradiography and tritium-sensitive film. Binding was saturable and reversible with very low nonspecific binding. [3H]Sulpiride bound to an apparent single population of sites in striatum with a Kd of 3.2 nM and Bmax of 447 fmol/mg protein. Binding sites were localized in the lamina glomerulosa of the olfactory bulb, nucleus accumbens, olfactory tubercle, striatum and substantia nigra.