Using the novel substituted benzamide drug [3H]raclopride in combination with in vitro receptor autoradiography, the distribution of dopamine D-2 receptors was studied in the monkey brain. Highest densities of D-2 receptors are present in dopamine-rich areas and the distribution shows the following rank order: caudatus and putamen > nucleus accumbens > olfactory tubercle > substantia nigra (pars compacta) > insular cortex > piriform and entorhinal cortex > substantia nigra (pars reticulata). In all of these areas [3H]raclopride binding was blocked by dopamine (1 .mu.M) and by D-2 receptor antagonists such as (+)-butaclamol, eticlopride and raclopride, while the D-1 receptor antagonist SCH 23390 (1 .mu.M) reduced [3H] raclopride binding by 15-20% in some restricted parts of the caudatus and putamen exclusively.