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Selective effects of gonadal steroids on the response of peripheral serotonin receptors
Experientia
|March 15, 1985
Abstract:
The maximal contraction provoked by serotonin (5-HT) in isolated stomach strips of adult rats, a functional index for peripheral 5-HT receptors, was sexually differentiated, androgen-sensitive, and estrogen refractory. This is at variance with the reported sensitivity of central 5-HT receptors to estrogen.