Evolution of Serotonin: Sunlight to Suicide

Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue , 2010, Pages 3-22

  Azmitia, Efrain C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT1A receptor; auxin; chloroplast; fungus; hallucinogens; homeostasis indole; metazoa; photosynthesis; seasonal affective disorder (SAD); tryptophan

Indexed keywords

EID: 85206088699     PISSN: 15697339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-7339(10)70069-2     Document Type: Article

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