Article
Epilepsy and obesity in serotonin 5-HT2C receptor mutant mice.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 15 Dec 1998
Heisler L K, Chu H M, Tecott L H
Abstract excerpt
Serotonin 5-HT2C receptor null mutant mice were generated to assess the contribution of this receptor to the actions of serotonin. Mutant mice displayed both an epilepsy and obesity phenotype. The epilepsy syndrome was characterized by spontaneous seizures, lowered seizure threshold, enhanced sei...
Topics
- Animals
- Brain
- Epilepsy
- Feeding Behavior
- Mice
- Mice, Mutant Strains
- Mice, Neurologic Mutants
- Nerve Net
- Obesity
- Phenotype
- Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C
- Receptors, Serotonin
- Seizures
