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Transcriptional regulation of the 5-HT1A receptor: implications for mental illness.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 5 Sept 2012
Albert Paul R
Abstract excerpt
The serotonin-1A (5-HT(1A)) receptor is an abundant post-synaptic 5-HT receptor (heteroreceptor) implicated in regulation of mood, emotion and stress responses and is the major somatodendritic autoreceptor that negatively regulates 5-HT neuronal activity. Based on animal models, an integrated model for opposing roles of pre- and post-synaptic 5-HT(1A) receptors in anxiety and depression phenotypes and response to...
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