Dopaminergic agents: influence on serotonin in the molluscan nervous system.
Treatment of the mussel Mytilus edulis with 6-hydroxydopamine or with alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine decreased dopamine and increased serotonin in the nervous system. Treatment with dopamine decreased serotonin concentrations and prevented the effect of 6-hydroxydopamine. The serotonin concentration appears to be determined in part by the concentration of dopamine.
D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005724:Ganglia; D005880:Gills / Q000294:innervation; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006892:Hydroxydopamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D008781:Methyltyrosines / Q000494:pharmacology; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*
D006892:Hydroxydopamines; D008781:Methyltyrosines; D004298:Dopamine