PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Shore, P. A.
AU  - Pletscher, Alfred
AU  - Tomich, E. G.
AU  - Kuntzman, Ronald
AU  - Brodie, B. B.
TI  - RELEASE OF BLOOD PLATELET SEROTONIN BY RESERPINE AND LACK OF EFFECT ON BLEEDING TIME
DP  - 1956 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
PG  - 232--236
VI  - 117
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/117/2/232.short
4100  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/117/2/232.full
SO  - J Pharmacol Exp Ther1956 Jun 01; 117
AB  - The administration of reserpine to rabbits, rats or guinea pigs causes the liberation of serotonin from blood platelets without causing their disruption. The loss of over 90 per cent of platelet serotonin has no significant effect on bleeding time. It is improbable, therefore, that serotonin participates in the mechanism of hemostasis.