Serotonin synthesis increased in terminals four days after reserpine treatment: An autoradiographic study in rat brain

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-16

  Mück Šeler, Dorotea ^a,b   Diksic, Mirko ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

methyl tryptophan; autoradiography; rat brain; reserpine; Serotonin synthesis

Indexed keywords

RESERPINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HALF-LIFE; MALE; NERVE ENDINGS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESERPINE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031049448     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027360817407     Document Type: Article

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