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Serotonin syndrome.
American Family Physician; 10/1/1995; Mills, Kirk C.; 787 words
; Serotonin syndrome is an important drug-related complication of ... system function and neuromuscular activity[1,2] (Table 1). Serotonin syndrome is an iatrogenic disorder: it only occurs in ... drug therapy that has a net effect of augmenting brain serotonin neurotransmission. Serotonin syndrome most ...
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Serotonin syndrome.(care and treatment)
Journal of Neuroscience Nursing; 4/1/2006; Prator, Bettina C.; 787 words
; Abstract: Serotonin syndrome is a preventable, drug-related ... that results from increased brainstem serotonin activity, usually precipitated by the ... hydration, and monitoring for complications. Serotonin antagonists, specifically cyproheptadine ...
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Ode to a mellifluous brain molecule: does everything come down to serotonin? Almost(research on a brain molecule called serotonin)
U.S. News & World Report; 11/25/1996; Watson, Traci; 672 words
; ... scientists about the chemical called serotonin, and they are likely to respond with ... depression and overeating all improve when serotonin levels in the brain are raised. And over ... few decades, scientists have documented serotonin's involvement in a wide variety of disorders ...
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Receptor encounters; untangling the threads of the serotonin system.
Science News; 10/14/1989; Cowen, Ron; 787 words
; ... Encounters Untangling the threads of the serotonin system With the help of antidepressants ... lowers blood levels of a precursor for serotonin, a neurotransmitter involved in several ... Connecticut Mental Health Center, highlights serotonin's powerful and often confusing role in ...
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Evaluation of the Serotonin Transporter Ligand ^sup 123^I-ADAM for SPECT Studies on Humans
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine; 2/1/2008; Frokjaer, Vibe G; Pinborg, Lars H; Madsen, Jacob; de Nijs, Robin; Svarer, Claus; Wagner, Aase; Knudsen, Gitte M; 787 words
; Imaging serotonin transporters in the living human brain ... semiquantitative methods for assessing serotonin transporters using ^sup 123^I-labeled ... did not seem to bind specifically to serotonin transporter was seen in 2 of 7 subjects ...
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Regulation of Serotonin Biosynthesis by the G Proteins G[alpha]^sub o^ and G[alpha]^sub q^ Controls Serotonin Signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans
Genetics; 1/1/2008; Tanis, Jessica E; Moresco, James J; Lindquist, Robert A; Koelle, Michael R; 787 words
; ABSTRACT To analyze mechanisms that modulate serotonin signaling, we investigated how Caenorhabditis ... encodes the rate-limiting enzyme for serotonin biosynthesis. Antiserotonin staining ... 945;^sub q^ antagonistically affect serotonin levels. Altering tph-1 gene dosage showed ...
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Pharmacological manipulation of serotonin levels in the nervous system of the opisthobranch mollusc Tritonia diomedea.
The Biological Bulletin; 8/1/2005; Fickbohm, David J. Spitzer, Nadja Katz, Paul S.; 787 words
; Introduction Some clinical therapies for serotonin-related disorders involve altering the levels of serotonin by affecting its biosynthesis or breakdown ... Birdsall, 1998). Yet the effect of changing serotonin levels on the functions of serotonin ...
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Serotonin syndrome: what family physicians need to know.(Editorial)
American Family Physician; 10/1/1995; Reynolds, Ronald D.; 787 words
; ... Richmond Family Practice New Richmond, Ohio Serotonin syndrome is a recently recognized iatrogenic ... always the cause of it. The article on serotonin syndrome[2] in this month's Clinical ... The current state of knowledge about serotonin syndrome is mostly limited to case reports ...
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Management of serotonin syndrome
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care; 12/1/2005; Mahajan, R; Gupta, R; Sharma, A; 610 words
; ... were interested in the review article on serotonin syndrome and its management by Jones ... drugs listed by the authors as inducing serotonin syndrome, several other drugs commonly ... Metoclopramide has been associated with serotonin syndrome2. In addition to pethidine and ...
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Relationship between climacteric symptoms and serum serotonin levels in postmenopausal women
Climacteric; 3/1/2003; Slopien, R; Meczekalski, B; Warenik-Szymankiewicz, A; 787 words
; ... between climacteric symptoms and serum serotonin concentrations in postmenopausal women ... follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and serotonin serum concentrations by radioimmunoassay. Results The mean serum serotonin concentration in the studied women ...
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