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IT has been postulated that serotonin plays an important part in the maintenance of normal activity in the central nervous system, and that drugs causing some profound disturbances in its activity, for example, lysergic acid diethylamide, function through their anti-serotonin action1.
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BIANCHI, C. Reserpine and Serotonin in Experimental Convulsions. Nature 179, 202–203 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179202a0
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