CONTINUOUS ETHANOL ADMINISTRATION INFLUENCES RAT BRAIN 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE SYNTHESIS NON-UNIFORMLY: alpha-[14C]METHYL-L-TRYPTOPHAN AUTORADIOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS
Author(s) -
Fumitaka Yamane
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
alcohol and alcoholism
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.747
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1464-3502
pISSN - 0735-0414
DOI - 10.1093/alcalc/agg053
Subject(s) - serotonergic , dorsal raphe nucleus , serotonin , alcohol , ethanol , chemistry , distilled water , medicine , endocrinology , raphe , tryptophan , anesthesia , biochemistry , amino acid , chromatography , receptor
The influence of alcohol on the brain serotonergic system has been studied for several decades with some discordant results. The effects of continuous and constant treatment with ethanol on the rates of serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)] synthesis in discrete regions of the rat brain were studied.
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