Short communicationIncreased midbrain 5-HT1A receptor number and responsiveness in cholestatic rats
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Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Medical Research Council (MRC) of Canada. M.G. Swain is an Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Scholar. K.W. Burak was supported by the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver (CASL)/MRC/PMAC/Schering Canada Dr Victor Feinman Hepatology Research Fellowship. The authors wish to thank Dr Jon Meddings for his assistance in the analysis of the 5-HT binding assay results.
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