The Role of Serotonin in Eating Disorders
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Drugs
- Vol. 39 (Supplement) , 33-48
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-199000393-00005
Abstract
Recent pharmacological studies have more precisely characterised the nature of the inhibitory effect of brain serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) on feeding behaviour. Thus, the brain sites and receptors...Keywords
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