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It is abundant in choroid plexus where it modulates the production of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and in limbic regions and hypothalamus where it may play a role in motor behavior and appetite control.
Taken together, our results demonstrate that insulin/IGF-1 signaling down-regulates 5-HT 2C receptor function in choroid plexus and Xenopus oocytes via MAP kinase, and that the 5-HT 2C receptor is a substrate for MAP kinase.
We chose to look for these types of interactions in choroid plexus because both 5-HT 2C receptors and insulin/IGF-1 receptors are abundant in this tissue and because the 5-HT 2C receptor is the only 5-HT receptor present in these cells.
Nervous innervation of the prostate is believed to be mainly sympathetic [ 2 ] . These nerves descend through the hypogastric nerves and synapse on postganglionic neurons in the pelvic plexus (major pelvic ganglion in the rat) from which the prostate receives direct innervation.
The presence of spare 5-HT 2C receptors [ 27 ] in choroid plexus has also complicated the study of desensitization in vivo . However, it has been demonstrated that denervation of 5-HT neurons supersensitizes 5-HT 2C receptors [ 28 ] in choroid plexus, suggesting that these receptors are under tonic control by 5-HT.