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Serotonin and cardiac morphogenesis in the mouse embryo

M S Yavarone1, D L Shuey, H Tamir

  • 1Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7090.

Teratology
|June 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary

Serotonin (5-HT) influences cardiac development by affecting cell proliferation and migration during embryonic heart formation. This neurotransmitter plays a role in endocardial cushion development, crucial for heart morphogenesis.

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