5HT-Serotonins

5-HT or 5-hydroxytryptamines(serotonins) are monoamine neurotransmitters. They originate in neurons deep in the midline of the brainstem. Because these neurons profile diffusely throughout the brain, serotonin can affect various brain functions. It also interacts with many other neurotransmitters, either directly through neurons that use both serotonin and another neurotransmitter, or by serotonin neurons influencing neurons that primarily use these other transmitters. They are involved in the regulation of mood and appetite and play a role is a variety of other functions in the CNS and PNS.

Image: 5HT staining of Prefontal Cortex Tissue (dilution 1:500). Slices were photographed with lens magnification 20x, and then magnified digitally. Bar indicates 90 um. Behavioural Brain Research 171 (2006) 189–198.

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