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Radioautography shows that3H 5-HT specifically labels metacerebral and 2 other serotonergic cell bodies inAplysia cerebroid ganglia as well as 5-HT terminals in close contact with giant neuronemembrane in buccal ganglia.
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Acknowledgment. We should like to thank Mr H.W. Cooper for correction of the English manuscript. With the help of the INSERM grant No. 77.4.178.6.
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Bessone, R., Segu, L. & Calas, A. Radioautographic identification of serotonergic neurones inAplysia. Experientia 34, 1038–1039 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01915333
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