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âNearly all psychiatric drugs affect serotonin receptors to some extent, and these receptors also mediate a host of effects outside the brain, for example on blood coagulation, smooth muscle contraction and heart valve growth,â said Bryan Roth, a collaborator on both studies who is professor of pharmacology at the University of North Carolina (UNC).
Serotonin can affect cells through proteins on their surface called serotonin receptors. There are seven different kinds of these receptors and one of them, the 5-HT3 receptor is a calcium channel. This particular serotonin receptor is found in the auditory pathways in the brain and may have a role in the development of tinnitus so my track record of work on calcium channels has a direct relevance to this project. What is serotonin?