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Changes in brain serotonin levels are correlated with the latency of an early component of auditory evoked potentials (EAEP) in rats. In fact 5-hidroxytryptophan provokes an increase both in serotonin brain synthesis and in the latency of EAEP. On the other hand, PCPA provokes an opposite effect.
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Concu, A., Carcassi, A.M., Piras, M.B. et al. Evidence for a correlation between the latency of an early component of auditory evoked potentials and the brain levels of serotonin in albino rats. Experientia 34, 375–377 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01923045
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