Title : The 5-HT2A receptor is widely distributed in the rat spinal cord and mainly localized at the plasma membrane of postsynaptic neurons.

Pub. Date : 2004 May 10

PMID : 15065122






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1 Serotonin (5-HT) plays a major role at the spinal level by modulating most spinal functions through several receptor subtypes including the 5-HT2A receptor. Serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 2A Rattus norvegicus
2 The main result of our study was the "nonsynaptic" plasma membrane localization of 5-HT2A receptors covering a large surface of cell bodies and dendrites, suggesting a paracrine form of action of serotonin. Serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 2A Rattus norvegicus