Article date: October 1962
By: M. B. BOWERS in Volume 19, Issue 2, pages 295-298
5‐Hydroxytryptamine was not detected in animal cerebrospinal fluid after amine oxidase inhibitors, reserpine, or both. Both human and animal cerebrospinal fluid can produce a stimulating effect on the clam heart which is not due to 5‐hydroxytryptamine. Cerebrospinal fluid also has the property of increasing the sensitivity of the clam heart to 5‐hydroxytryptamine.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1962.tb01191.x
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