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Relationship between the level of conditioned-reflex activity and the serotonin concentration in the blood of normal and neurotized dogs

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    High levels of conditioned and unconditioned alimentary salivation reflexes are accompanied by low concentrations of serotonin in the blood, and low levels of these reflexes are accompanied by high concentrations of serotonin.

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    The concentration of serotonin in the blood of dogs increases during experimental neurosis and is accompanied by a pronounced decrease in the expression of conditioned and unconditioned alimentary salivation reflexes.

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Translated from Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatel'nosti imeni I. P. Pavlova, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 339–344, March–April, 1984.

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Bolondinskii, V.K. Relationship between the level of conditioned-reflex activity and the serotonin concentration in the blood of normal and neurotized dogs. Neurosci Behav Physiol 16, 133–138 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01186512

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