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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-4-4
pubmed:abstractText
Evolutionary constant serotonin (5-HT) neuronal systems evolved along medial brain structures; yet, wide variations in functionality characterize serotonergic systems in mediating aggressive responses in species ranging from lobsters, ants, electric fish, and rodents to primates. So far, the attempts to correlate cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) levels with measures of aggression have revealed inverse, direct, or no correlations in different nonhuman primate species. It is difficult to harmonize the occasional correlations between CSF 5-HIAA and adaptive aggressive acts in nonhuman primates (a) with clinically diagnosed suicidal or impulsive individuals, and (b) with the biochemical, anatomical, and presumably functional differentiation of 5-HT pathways and receptor subtypes. Eltoprazine, a mixed 5-HT1A/B agonist, and meta-trifluoro-methylphenyl-piperazine HCl (TFMPP), a more selective 5-HT1B agonist, specifically decrease aggressive behavior in several animal species and situations in both sexes without detriment to other social, exploratory, or motoric activities. A definite role for 5-HT1A, 5-HT2, and 5-HT3 receptor subtypes in the mechanisms mediating aggressive behaviors has to await the development of selective agonists and antagonists, respectively.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0048-5764
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
399-403
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Brain 5-HT and inhibition of aggressive behavior in animals: 5-HIAA and receptor subtypes.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review