PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Pletscher, Alfred AU - Shore, Parkhurst A. AU - Brodie, Bernard B. TI - SEROTONIN AS A MEDIATOR OF RESERPINE ACTION IN BRAIN DP - 1956 Jan 01 TA - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics PG - 84--89 VI - 116 IP - 1 4099 - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/116/1/84.short 4100 - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/116/1/84.full SO - J Pharmacol Exp Ther1956 Jan 01; 116 AB - 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.