Citation

Mann JJ, Arango V, Henteleff RA, Lagattuta TF, Wong DT. J. Neural. Transm. 1996; 103(1-2): 165-171.

Affiliation

Department of NEuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9026370

Abstract

Serotonergic abnormalities have been identified in the brain of suicide victims independent of psychiatric diagnosis. We report the first study of serotonin 5-HT3 receptors in the brain of suicide victims. There were no differences in the number (Bmax) or affinity (KD) of 5-HT3 receptors in the temporal cortex of suicide victims compared to matched controls. There was a negative correlation between brain serotonin levels and receptor number (r = -0.5, p = 0.04) in both groups. This study indicates that alterations in serotonergic function in the brain of suicide victims do not appear to directly involve the 5-HT3 receptor.

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