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A Rioux1, V Fabre, K P Lesch, R Moessner, D L Murphy, L Lanfumey, M Hamon, M P Martres.
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The serotonin transporter (5-HTT) plays a key-role in the control of serotoninergic neurotransmission and is the target of some antidepressants. Possible adaptive changes in brain 5-HT2A receptors were investigated in knock-out mice that do not express the 5-HTT. Autoradiographic labeling of these receptors by the selective antagonist [3H]MDL 100,907 and saturation experiments with cortical membranes revealed: (1) a new localization of these receptors in the external field of striatum (possibly in striosomes); (2) regional variations in adaptive changes in the density of 5-HT2A receptors in 5-HT(-/-) mutants (-30-40% in the claustrum, cerebral cortex and lateral striatum; no significant change in the striatum core) as compared to wild-type mice.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10203244 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(99)00049-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurosci Lett ISSN: 0304-3940 Impact factor: 3.046