Despite a relatively large body of literature on the role of the neurotransmitter serotonin (5-
hydroxytryptamine, or 5-HT) in the regulation of alcohol intake, the functional significance of …

Individuals use and misuse alcohol (and other drugs) because of the pharmacologically
mediated effects these substances have on the operation of 4 psychobiological systems …

Abstract Serotonin (5‐HT) mediates its effects on neurons in the central nervous system
through a number of different receptor types. To gain better insight as to the localization of 5 …

Due to the increasing importance of the central serotonergic neurotransmission for
pathogenetic concepts and as a target of pharmacotherapeutic interventions in psychiatry …

Serotonin 2 receptors have been implicated in a variety of behavioral and physiological
processes, as well as a number of neuropsychiatrie disorders. To specify the brain regions …

Neonatal destruction of nigrostriatal dopamine neurons by cerebroventricular injection of 6-
hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) results in a serotonin (5-HT) hyperinnervation of the rostral …

Abstract Olivier Berend and Jan Mos: Rodent models of aggressive behaviour and
serotonergic drugs. Prog. Neuro-Psychopharmacol. & Biol. Psychiat. 1992. 16 (6): 847–870 …

Rhythmically active medullary slice preparations isolated from neonatal rats (postnatal days
0–3, P0–P3) were used to study the modulation of respiraory rhythmogenesis and …

The serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine: 5-HT) system has been thought to play an important
role in several steps of alcohol craving. A number of studies, including our own, have …

Pruritus is experienced by about 80% of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis. It can have a
marked negative impact on the quality of life of patients, and it can be an indication for liver …