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The Serotonin Connection: Some Evidence for a Specific Metabolic Organization

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Serotonin

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 133))

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During the last two decades numerous studies have demonstrated that the majority of serotonin (5 HT) containing cell bodies are mainly 1 if not exclusively 2 located among the heterogenous population of the raphe nuclei 3,4. Considerable amount of approaches using classical degeneration 5, histochemical fluorescence 6,7,8 anterograde 9,10,11,12,13,14 and retrograde axoplasmic flow 15,16 17,18 have led to consider the extreme complexity of the anatomical organization of these nuclei. Their multiple connections with all brain regions and with other specific systems.

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Pujol, JF., Degueurce, A., Natali, JP., Tappaz, M., Wiklund, L., Leger, L. (1981). The Serotonin Connection: Some Evidence for a Specific Metabolic Organization. In: Haber, B., Gabay, S., Issidorides, M.R., Alivisatos, S.G.A. (eds) Serotonin. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 133. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3860-4_24

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