Activation of serotonin receptors promotes microglial injury-induced motility but attenuates phagocytic activity.

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Summary

The data suggest that microglia express functional serotonin receptors linked to distinct microglial properties as serotonin deficiency not only has been linked to a number of psychiatric disease like depression and anxiety but may also permeate from the periphery through blood-brain barrier openings seen in neurodegenerative disease.

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2012-03-01
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Keywords

Microglia, Serotonin, CX3CR1, Receptor, 5-HT receptor

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