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The influence of Nialamide (a monoamine oxidase inhibitor) on the depletion of 5-hydroxytryptamine from enterochromaffin cells, has been studied in rabbits. Experimental animals were given varying doses of Nialamide in N/10 HCl by single or repeated injections, followed by injections of reserpine. Control animals were given N/10 HCl followed by reserpine or by reserpine solvent. Nialamide did not prevent the depletion of enterochromaffin cell granules by reserpine in any of the experimental animals.
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Singh, I. Monoamine oxidase inhibitors and the depletion of 5-hydroxytryptamine from enterochromaffin cells by reserpine. Z. Zellforsch. 117, 73–75 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00331102
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