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New lessons from knockout mice: The role of serotonin during development and its possible contribution to the origins of neuropsychiatric disorders.
CNS spectrums - 1 Aug 2003
Gingrich Jay A, Ansorge Mark S, Merker Robert, Weisstaub Noelia, Zhou Mingming
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Serotonin (5-HT) modulates numerous processes in the central nervous system that are relevant to neuropsychiatric function and dysfunction. It exerts significant effects on anxiety, mood, impulsivity, sleep, ingestive behavior, reward systems, and psychosis. Serotonergic dysfunction has been implicated in several psychiatric conditions but efforts to more clearly understand the mechanisms of this influence have...
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