Rat Brain: Neurochemical IdentifIcation of Cell Types by Immunocytochemistry
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The serotonim (5-HT2) receptor has been implicated in a number of behavioral and physiological processes. It may also play a role in cellular development and differentiation, and represents a site of action of hallucinoge1ls and certain psychotherapeutic drugs. To better understand the functions and regulation of the 5-HT2 receptor, we have undertaken a series of studies in which we attempted to identify the specific cell types that express the receptor. This was accomplished using a variety of double-labeling strategies with an antibody we raised against the rat 5-HT2 receptor protein. In this review, we recount of some of our previously published findings and present some new data in which we identify sUbpopulations of cholinergic neurons in the brainstem
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