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5,6-Dihydroxytryptamine

Known as: 5,6-Dihydroxytryptamine [Chemical/Ingredient], 5,6 Dihydroxytryptamine, 1H-Indole-5,6-diol, 3-(2-aminoethyl)- 
Tryptamine substituted with two hydroxyl groups in positions 5 and 6. It is a neurotoxic serotonin analog that destroys serotonergic neurons… Expand
National Institutes of Health

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4-methyl-5,6-dihydroxytryptamine5,7-dihydroxytryptamine creatinine7-methyl-5,6-dihydroxytryptamine
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Serotonin Agents

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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Antinociceptive effect of paracetamol in rats is partly dependent on spinal serotonergic systems.
The possible involvement of bulbo-spinal monoaminergic pathways in the antinociceptive effect of paracetamol was investigated in… Expand
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Increased food intake in satiated rats induced by the 5-HT antagonists methysergide, metergoline and ritanserin
Two series of experiments examined whether 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) antagonists induce feeding in rats. In the first series of… Expand
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Release of substance P from the cat spinal cord.
1. The present experiments examine the physiology and pharmacology of the release of substance P-like immunoreactivity (SP-l.i… Expand
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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Changes in nociception after lesions of descending serotonergic pathways induced with 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine: Different effects in the formalin and tail-flick tests
Intrathecal administration of 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine (5,6-DHT) in mice selectively lesioned descending serotonergic pathways… Expand
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1983
1983
Contribution of Noradrenergic and Serotonergic Neurons to the Circulatory Effects of Centrally Acting Clonidine and α-Methyldopa in Rabbits
The effects of intracisternal clonidine (0.04, 0.2, and 1.0 μg/kg) and of α-methyldopa (α-MD; 400 μg/ kg) on mean arterial… Expand
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1982
1982
Changes in sensitivity to intrathecal norepinephrine and serotonin after 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA), 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine (5,6-DHT) or repeated monoamine administration.
  • J. Howe, T. Yaksh
  • The Journal of pharmacology and experimental…
  • 1982
    • Corpus ID: 34284831
The behaviorally defined analgesia evoked by direct application of norepinephrine (NE) or serotonin (5-HT) into the rat spinal… Expand
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1980
1980
Mechanisms of regrowth in the bulbospinal serotonin system following 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine induced axotomy. II. Fluorescence histochemical observations
Abstract The degenerative and regenerative processes following 75 μg 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine (5,6-DHT) have been investigated in… Expand
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Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Hippocampal innervation by serotonin neurons of the midbrain raphe in the rat
The organization of the brainstem serotonin neuron projection to the hippocampal formation was analyzed in the rat. This… Expand
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1974
1974
Functional regeneration of 5-hydroxytryptamine nerve terminals in the rat spinal cord following 5, 6-dihydroxytryptamine induced degeneration.
Abstract (1) Adult male rats were injected with 50 μg of 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine (5,6-HT) into the left lateral ventricle. The… Expand
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1972
1972
Effects of 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine on monoaminergic neurones in the central nervous system of the rat.
—The injection of 50 μg of 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine (5,6-HT) into a lateral ventricle of the rat depleted the spinal cord and… Expand
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