Activation of 5-HT 2A Receptor Disrupts Rat Maternal Behavior [PDF]
, 2019 Serotonin 5-HT2A receptor is widely distributed in the central nervous system and plays an important role in sensorimotor function, emotion regulation, motivation, executive control, learning and memory. We investigated its role in rat maternal behavior,
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Citalopram plus low-dose pipamperone versus citalopram plus placebo in patients with major depressive disorder: an 8-week, double-blind, randomized study on magnitude and timing of clinical response [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors take several weeks to achieve their full antidepressant effects. Post-synaptic 5-HT<sub>2A</sub> receptor activation is thought to be involved in this delayed therapeutic effect ...
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Hallucinogens: mechanisms and medical complications [PDF]
, 2013 Thesis (M.A.)--Boston UniversityHallucinogens are drugs that alter consciousness by distorting primarily auditory and visual perception but they can affect any sensory system. Hallucinogens also affect judgment, orientation, memory, or emotion.
Chan, Ryan Harry Alexander
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Receptors and Other Signaling Proteins Required for Serotonin Control of Locomotion in Caenorhabditis elegans [PDF]
, 2012 A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of signaling by the neurotransmitter serotonin is required to assess the hypothesis that defects in serotonin signaling underlie depression in humans.
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Serotonin Type 6 and 7 Receptors as a Novel Therapeutic Target for the Treatment of Schizophrenia
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2020 Etsay Weldekidan Tsegay,1 Desalegn Getnet Demise,1 Nigus Alemu Hailu,2 Zenawi Hagos Gufue3 1Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Tigray, Ethiopia; 2Department of Biomedical Science, College of ...
Tsegay EW, Demise DG, Hailu NA, Gufue ZH
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Dopamine receptors gene expression in male rat hippocampus after administration of MDMA (Ecstasy) [La Expresión Génica de Receptores de Dopamina en el Hipocampo de Ratas Macho Después de la Administración de MDMA (Éxtasis)] [PDF]
, 2015 Ecstasy is one of the most popular amusing drugs among young people. Documents indicate some effects of Ecstasy on hippocampus and close relations between dopaminergic functions with reward learning. Therefore, the aim of this study was evaluation of the
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Influence of imipramine on the duration of immobility in chronic forced-swim-stressed rats. [PDF]
, 2004 We studied the influence of imipramine on the duration of immobility in chronic forced-swim-stressed rats. Both single and chronic administration of imipramine potently shortened immobility in naive rats during forced-swim testing.
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Serotonin signaling through the 5-HT1B receptor and NADPH oxidase 1 in pulmonary arterial hypertension [PDF]
, 2017 Objective: Serotonin can induce human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell (hPASMC) proliferation through reactive oxygen species (ROS), influencing the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). We hypothesise that in PASMCs, serotonin induces
Harvey, Adam P. +5 more
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MECHANISM OF INHIBITORY AND STIMULATORY EFFECTS OF SEROTONIN ON DUODENAL CONTRACTIONS
Фундаментальная и клиническая медицина, 2018 Aim. To investigate the effects of serotonin on duodenal motor activity. Materials and Methods. Experiments were performed on Wistar rats (n=83) which received nembutal anesthesia.
VIKTOR M. Smirnov +5 more
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Imipramine Increases Norepinephrine and Serotonin in the Salivary Glands of Rats
BiologyXerostomia induced by antidepressants such as imipramine has long been thought to be due to their anticholinergic effects. However, even antidepressants with low anticholinergic effects may have a high incidence of xerostomia.
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