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1 Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology, National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Bethesda, Maryland
The administration of reserpine to rabbits in doses as low as 0.1 mgm. per kgm. releases serotonin in brain. This observation supports the view that serotonin has a role in brain function and that the central action of reserpine is mediated through liberation of serotonin.
Submitted on August 1, 1955
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