Autoradiographic visualization of angiotensin-converting enzyme in rat brain with [3H]captopril: localization to a striatonigral pathway.
Strittmatter SM, Lo MM, Javitch JA, Snyder SH. Autoradiographic visualization of angiotensin-converting enzyme in rat brain with [3H]captopril: localization to a striatonigral pathway. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1984, 81: 1599-1603. PMID: 6324207, PMCID: PMC344885, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.81.5.1599.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCaudate putamenSubstantia nigraStriatonigral pathwayRat brainAngiotensin II involvementIpsilateral caudate putamenTrans-synaptic changesIpsilateral substantia nigraMedian preoptic areaAngiotensin-converting enzymeLack of effectStriatal interneuronsAngiotensin IIEntopeduncular nucleusNeuronal perikaryaSubfornical organZona reticulataGlobus pallidusACE activityLocus coeruleusParaventricular nucleusPreoptic areaIbotenic acidMedial habenulaNeuronal pathways