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On the association between lipopolysaccharide induced catalepsy and serotonin metabolism in the brain of mice genetically different in the predisposition to catalepsy.
Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior - 1 Oct 2013
Bazhenova Ekaterina Yu, Kulikov Alexander V, Tikhonova Maria A, Bazovkina Daria V, Fursenko Daria V, Popova Nina K
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The study of the interaction between nervous and immune systems in the mechanism of psychopathology is an important problem of neuroscience. Catalepsy (freezing reaction) is a passive defensive strategy in response to threatening stimuli. An exaggerated form of catalepsy is a syndrome of some grave mental disorders. Both the brain serotonin (5-HT) and immune systems were shown to be involved in the mechanism of...
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