Platelets of healthy smokers and nonsmokers were prepared and their content of 5-hydroxytryptamine was determined by HPLC with electrochemical detection. Platelet 5-HT levels in smokers (728 \_+ 156 pmol per 10 s platelets, mean\_+ SEM, n=9) were significantly higher than those in non-smokers (353\_
Serotonergic dysfunction in addiction: effects of alcohol, cigarette smoking and heroin on platelet 5-HT content
β Scribed by Lutz G. Schmidt; Peter Dufeu; Andreas Heinz; Silke Kuhn; Hans Rommelspacher
- Book ID
- 117334521
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 881 KB
- Volume
- 72
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-1781
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Groups of university students were exposed acutely to alcohol (100 ml vodka) and their performance in the Bexley Maudsley Automated Psychological Screening Tests (BMAPS) was assessed. Blood samples were also taken to assess platelet aggregation to 5-HT challenge. After 1 week's administration of eve
## Abstract Groups of university students were exposed acutely to alcohol (100 ml vodka) and their performance in the Bexley Maudsley Automated Psychological Screening Tests (BMAPS) was assessed. Blood samples were also taken to assess platelet aggregation to 5βHT challenge. After 1 week administra