The Discovery of Serotonin and its Role in Neuroscience

This historical review traces how serotonin was discovered and became central to neuroscience and psychopharmacology. In the receptor list, it gives readers the foundation for why the serotonin system became such an important framework for understanding mood, perception, and psychedelic drug effects.

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  • Whitaker-Azmitia, P. M.

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Neuropsychopharmacology
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This is mostly a historical review, but it is useful background for why serotonin became the central language of psychedelic pharmacology. It places later receptor work on LSD and psilocybin inside a broader neuroscience history, rather than treating the 5-HT framework as self-evident.

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