Serotonin antagonists

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Serotonin

Articles

Selective serotonin reuptake enhancer Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors Serotonin and the amygdala Serotonin agonists Serotonin antagonists Serotonin metabolites Serotonin precursors Serotonin receptors Serotonin reuptake inhibitors Serotonin syndrome Serotonin transporter Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor

Association with Mental disorders

Autism - Serotonin Clinical depression - Serotonin Anxiety - Serotonin SAD - Serotonin Bipolar disorder - Serotonin OCD - Serotonin Schizophrenia - Serotonin

A serotonin antagonist acts to inhibit the action at serotonin receptors.

Many of the most important medications of this class selectively act at the 5-HT3 receptor, and thus are known as 5-HT3 antagonists. However, other drugs such as ketanserin act upon other types of serotonin receptors.

• Dihydroxytryptamine
• Lysergic acid diethylamide
• Mianserin
• Molindone
• Parachlorophenylalanine
• Ritanserin
• Tetrabenazine

See also

• Decarboxylase inhibitors

External links

• MeSH Serotonin+Antagonists