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5-HT1A receptors, gene repression, and depression: guilt by association.
The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry - 1 Dec 2004
Albert Paul R, Lemonde Sylvie
Abstract excerpt
The serotonin system is implicated in major depression and suicide and is negatively regulated by somatodendritic 5-HT1A autoreceptors. Desensitization of 5-HT1A autoreceptors is implicated in the 2- to 3-week latency for antidepressant treatments. Alterations in 5-HT1A receptor levels are reported in depression and suicide, and gene knockout of the 5-HT1A receptor results in an anxiety phenotype, suggesting that...
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