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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine if serotonin (5-HT) is secreted by the pineal gland and also to define the parameters of its secretion. After radiolabelling the endogenous 5-HT pool, individual pineal glands were placed within perifusion chambers and stimulated with norepinephrine (NE). [3H]5-HT was rapidly released within 1 min of stimulation and secretion continued throughout the period of exposure to NE. The findings suggest that 5-HT, in addition to melatonin, is a hormone of the pineal gland.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID： 4041854 DOI： 10.1016/0006-8993(85)91177-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN： 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252