Posted by Shawn. T. on January 30, 2003, at 23:10:38
In reply to question regarding neurotransmitters, posted by Kari on January 29, 2003, at 10:42:21
I personally find that the amount of information available on topics like this one is plentiful, so long as you use PubMed rather than any other source to search for it. Increased serotonin turnover is generally associated with increased dopamine turnover. 5-HT2A receptors are probably the most important cause of this correlation. I don't believe that any reliable relationship has been shown to exist between overall noradrenaline and serotonin turnover. You do need to remember that different neurotransmitters can affect the levels of one another in various ways depending on the brain regions involved. For example, serotonin can increase or decrease dopamine levels in a certain region of the brain depending on the receptors involved; 5-HT1A, 5-HT1B, 5-HT2A, 5-HT2C, and 5-HT3 receptors have all been shown to affect dopamine release in different brain areas.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2413327&dopt=Abstract
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2430098&dopt=Abstract
Shawn
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