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Abstract
The effect of myo-inositol was examined on 5-HT2 receptor mediated facilitation of NMDA depolarization of rat neocortical neurons in vitro. Myo-inositol (1-10 mM) potentiated the 5-HT facilitation, the potentiation increasing linearly with log 5-HT concentration. Myo-inositol also eliminated 5-HT induced heterologous desensitization of muscarinic and alpha 1-adrenergic receptor mediated facilitation. Our findings suggest that 5-HT induced homologous and heterologous desensitization results in part from depleting phosphoinositide substrate.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8131066 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(93)91557-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN: 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252