A Mini Review of Serotonin and Its Receptors

Serotonin is one of the most important Neurotransmitter and made up ofaminoacids. Including L-tryptophan, only the L-isomer is used in proteinsynthesis and can pass across the blood-brain. Serotonin concentration inorganisms is among the lowest of all amino acids and it has relatively lowtissue. In this paper a brief review has done pertaining to history of serotonin,and potential cognitive aspects including CNS and PNS modulation ofserotonin. Major focus of paper is to review subtypes of serotonin receptors.It’s gathered up-to-date information about other pharmacologic agents suchas agonist and antagonist of serotonin.

کلیدواژه ها:

Serotonin ، Receptors ، Pharmacological Agents ، Agonist ، Antagonist