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A paradoxical locomotor response in serotonin 5-HT(2C) receptor mutant mice.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 15 Apr 2000
Heisler L K, Tecott L H
Abstract excerpt
Paradoxical behavioral responses to nonselective neuropsychiatric drugs are frequently encountered and poorly understood. We report that a single receptor gene mutation produces a paradoxical response to the nonspecific serotonin receptor agonist m-chlorophenylpiperazine (mCPP). Although this compound normally suppresses locomotion, it produces hyperactivity in mice bearing a targeted mutation of the 5-HT(2C)...
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