Role of serotonin in the regulation of aldosterone secretion from the rat adrenal gland

In 1959 Rosenkrantz et al., first described the effect of the indoleamine serotonin on aldosterone secretion from the adrenal gland. To date numerous studies have reported this steroidogenic effect, describing the second messenger system utilised and in some species the receptor type involved. However the full physiological and pathophysiological role of serotonin in the control of mineralocorticoid secretion still remains to be elucidated.

Grantor dc:publisher

The University of Edinburgh

Year dc:date.issued

2002

Author dc:creator

• Burns, Nicola Jane Tait

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1842/27601

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:era.ed.ac.uk:1842/27601