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Serotoninergic Mechanism in the Central Link of the Shadow Reflex in Lymnaea stagnalis L.

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The study was performed on effects of serotonin and its antagonists (mianserin, propranolol, and metergoline) on efferent electrical activity in nerves cervicalis superior, cervicalis inferior, and columellaris innervating muscles withdrawing body of Lymnaea stagnalis into the shell. Serotonin had a dual effect on the off-reactions caused by rhythmical light stimulation of mollusc skin. The number of responses to series of stimuli increased at serotonin concentrations of about 10−8-10−7 M and decreased at its higher concentrations. In many cases, serotonin antagonists also had a dual effect depending on their concentration. All studied substances slightly affected duration and latent period of individual off-responses. Serotoninergic regulation is suggested to participate in central chains of the pond snail defensive shadow reflex.

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Translated from Zhurnal Evolyutsionnoi Biokhimii i Fiziologii, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2005, pp. 134–138.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Samarova, Zhukov, Sudoplatov.

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Samarova, E.I., Zhukov, V.V. & Sudoplatov, K.A. Serotoninergic Mechanism in the Central Link of the Shadow Reflex in Lymnaea stagnalis L.. J Evol Biochem Phys 41, 169–175 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10893-005-0051-1

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