Platelet serotonin uptake sites increased in drinkers ofayahuasca
Psychopharmacology November 1, 1994 James C. Callaway, Mauno M. Airaksinen, Dennis J. Mckenna et al. 79 citations
The binding of [3H]citalopram to the platelet 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) transporter was measured in a group of healthy male drinkers of ayahuasca, a psychoactive sacrament indigenous to Amazonia, and a group healthy male controls. An increased number of binding sites (Bmax) in the platelets of ayahuasca drinkers was found, while the dissociation constant (Kd) remained the same for both groups....