Yucca schidigera Roezl (Mojave), a kind of ornamental plant belonging to the Yucca genus (Agavaceae), whose extract exhibits important roles in food, beverage, cosmetic and feed additives owing to its rich spirostanol saponins. To provide a comprehensive chemical profiling of
1. The behavioral responses, as well as the biogenic amines and metabolite contents in discrete brain areas were determined in male rats subcutaneously treated with a 5-HT1A (8-OHDPAT) or 5-HT2A (DOI) agonist at doses (0.5-2 mg/kg) sufficient to produce the
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 278(3), 1373-1382 (1996-09-01)
Correlations between 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) receptor binding affinities and human hallucinogenic potency have suggested that 5-HT2 receptors mediate the hallucinogenic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and phenethylamine hallucinogens. Electrophysiological studies have suggested that a subpopulation of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic interneurons
The effects of (+-)-DOI (1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenyl)-aminopropane) hydrochloride, a mixed 5-HT2A/2C receptor agonist, on the release of dopamine (DA) following D-amphetamine sulfate (AMP) or a DA D2 autoreceptor selective dose of (-)-apomorphine hydrochloride (APO), were investigated in rat striatum (STR) and nucleus
5-HT2A, a G-protein coupled receptor, is widely expressed in the human body, including in the gastrointestinal tract, platelets and the nervous system. It mediates various functions, for e.g. learning, memory, mood regulation, platelet aggregation and vasoconstriction, but its involvement in