Serotonergic modulation of rat pineal gland activity: In vivo evidence for a 5-hydroxytryptamine(2c) receptor involvement

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 266-273

  Steardo, Luca ^a   Monteleone, Palmiero ^b   Trabace, Luigia ^c   Cannizzaro, Carla ^a   Maj, Mario ^b   Cuomo, Vincenzo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

(3 CHLOROPHENYL)PIPERAZINE; 1 (1 METHYL 5 INDOLYL) 3 (3 PYRIDYL)UREA; 4 IODO 2,5 DIMETHOXYAMPHETAMINE; 8 [4 (5 AMINO 2,4 DIMETHOXYBENZOYL)BUTYL] 1,3,8 TRIAZASPIRO[4.5]DECANE 2,4 DIONE; 8 [5 [2,4 DIMETHOXY 5 (4 TRIFLUOROMETHYL PHENYLSULPHONAMIDO)PHENYL] 5 OXOPENTHYL] 1,3,8 TRIAZOSPIRO[4,5]DECANE 2,4 DIONE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ISOPRENALINE; KETANSERIN; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2B RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2C AGONIST; SEROTONIN 2C ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

AMPHETAMINES; ANIMALS; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; PIPERAZINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2C; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN;

EID: 0033807467     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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