Title : The serotonin transporter is present and functional in peripheral arterial smooth muscle.

Pub. Date : 2004 Jun

PMID : 15167270






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1 5-HT-induced contraction of normal aorta was potentiated by the 5-HTT inhibitor fluvoxamine. Fluvoxamine solute carrier family 6 member 4 Rattus norvegicus
2 A change in arterial 5-HTT function occurs in deoxycorticosterone (DOCA)-salt hypertension as the potency and threshold of 5-HT in contracting aorta from the DOCA-salt rat was increased by fluoxetine and fluvoxamine (1 micromol/L; DOCA fluvoxamine -log EC50 [mol/L] = 6.85 +/- 0.08, DOCA-control = 6.44 +/- 0.08); expression of transporter was significantly increased in aorta of DOCA salt rats (145% Sham). Fluvoxamine solute carrier family 6 member 4 Rattus norvegicus