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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
Abstract excerpt
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-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) in the hypothalamus and nucleus accumbens. Compared with the sNP line, the sP rats...
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