5-Hydroxytryptamine Metabolism in Joint Diseases

The metabolism of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine).

Serotonin has assumed an important role as the focal point about which much current neurochemical investigation is centered. The fact that its methylated derivatives and some compounds which antagonize its action can cause hallucinations has even led to the hypothesis that some defect in the body’s ability to metabolize serotonin might be the underlying cause of schizophrenia. Yet relatively li...

The Metabolism of Serotonin (5-Hydroxytryptamine)

Serotonin has assumed an important role as the focal point about which much current neurochemical investigation is centered. The fact that its methylated derivatives and some compounds which antagonize its action can cause hallucinations has even led to the hypothesis that some defect in the body’s ability to metabolize serotonin might be the underlying cause of schizophrenia. Yet relatively li...

5- Hydroxytryptamine

eral kinetic systems and compares their properties (after cautioning the reader of the possible pitfalls and of the assumptions which must be made) with various biological phenomena such as regulation, regeneration, determination , gene action, pleiotropism, etc. Few biologists have been as successful as Waddington in accomplishing a synthesis between embryology and genetics. In this volume, he...

[5-Hydroxytryptamine in psychiatry].

5-Hydroxytryptamine 5-HT2A receptor and 5-hydroxytryptamine transporter polymorphisms in acute myocardial infarction.

This study was designed to analyse possible associations between DNA polymorphisms in the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT; serotonin) 5-HT(2A) receptor and the 5-HT transporter (5-HTT) genes, and myocardial infarction (MI). 5-HT has been shown to be involved in cardiovascular pathophysiology. In addition to platelet aggregation and vascular contraction, 5-HT induces hyperplasia of artery smooth muscl...