"5,6-Dihydroxytryptamine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Tryptamine substituted with two hydroxyl groups in positions 5 and 6. It is a neurotoxic serotonin analog that destroys serotonergic neurons preferentially and is used in neuropharmacologic research.
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D015115
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.633.100.473.914.201.259
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "5,6-Dihydroxytryptamine" by people in Profiles.
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Chan CK, Burke SL, Zhu H, Piletz JE, Head GA. Imidazoline receptors associated with noradrenergic terminals in the rostral ventrolateral medulla mediate the hypotensive responses of moxonidine but not clonidine. Neuroscience. 2005; 132(4):991-1007.
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Tian Y, Eaton MJ, Manzanares J, Lookingland KJ, Moore KE. Characterization of opioid receptor-mediated regulation of incertohypothalamic dopamine neurons: lack of evidence for a role of 5-hydroxytryptaminergic neurons in mediating the stimulatory effects of morphine. Brain Res. 1992 Sep 18; 591(1):116-21.