Serotonin is reduced in the frontal cortex of Sardinian ethanol-preferring rats.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a008386

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Serotonin is reduced in the frontal cortex of Sardinian ethanol-preferring rats.

Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) - 1 Jan 2000

Devoto P, Colombo G, Stefanini E, Gessa G L

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Ethanol-naive Sardinian alcohol-preferring (sP) and Sardinian alcohol-non-preferring (sNP) rats were tested to evaluate the levels of serotonin (5-HT) and 5-hydroxyindol-3-yl-acetic acid (5-HIAA) in the frontal cortex, hypothalamus, and nucleus accumbens, and the levels of dopamine (DA) and 3,4-d...

Topics

3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid
Alcoholism
Animals
Brain Mapping
Dopamine
Frontal Lobe
Genotype
Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid
Hypothalamus
Male
Nucleus Accumbens
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Serotonin

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