Posted by linkadge on August 20, 2005, at 16:22:52
In reply to Re: Remeron blocks SSRI side effects, posted by ed_uk on August 20, 2005, at 11:09:41
From all over the place.
5-ht2c agonists as anticonvulsants:
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15638778Seizure prone 5-ht2c knockout mice:
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http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v374/n6522/abs/374542a0.html;jsessionid=9BECE231CF19B4F2C9552C0A6DFFEAEE5-ht2c antagonists can produce seizures
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http://www.columbia.edu/~rh95/constitutive.html"In addition, the mutant mice (5-ht2c knockout) displayed a lowered threshold for metrazol-induced seizures. Interstingly, this effect could be mimicked in wild-type animals with a non-selective 5-HT2C receptor antagonist"
5-ht2a and short term memory
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http://www.nootropics.com/genes/index.htm
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"The neurotransmitter serotonin is better known for its involvement in depression, but drugs that block a particular serotonin receptor in the brain, 5HT2a, are known to also block short-term memory."
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