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Identification of serotonin receptors on someHelix pomatia neurons

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Four types of responses to iontophoretic application of serotonin were found in neurons of the ventral aspect of the visceral ganglion ofHelix pomatia. The responses differed in size, duration, latent periods, habituation to serotonin, and response to the action of serotonin antagonists (D-tubocurarine, tryptamine, neostigmine). Each type of response was evidently connected with a particular type of serotonin receptor. A scheme of distribution of the different types of serotonin receptors in the neurons of this region is drawn up.

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  1. E. I. Solntseva
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  2. E. V. Sveshnikova
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Institute of Psychiatry, Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR, Moscow. Translated from Neirofiziologiya, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 300–305, May–June, 1978.

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Solntseva, E.I., Sveshnikova, E.V. Identification of serotonin receptors on someHelix pomatia neurons. Neurophysiology 10, 217–221 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01074408

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