Patricia M. Whitaker‐Azmitia

Stimulation of astroglial 5-HT1A receptors releases the serotonergic growth factor, protein S-100, and alters astroglial morphology

Patricia M. Whitaker‐Azmitia, Randall B. Murphy, Efrain C. Azmitia · Brain Research · 1990 · 318 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +11

Serotonin depletion during synaptogenesis leads to decreased synaptic density and learning deficits in the adult rat: a possible model of neurodevelopmental disorders with cognitive deficits

Carrie Mazer, Jennifer Muneyyirci, Kenneth Taheny et al. · Brain Research · 1997 · 285 citations

Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

S-100B but not NGF, EGF, insulin or calmodulin is a CNS serotonergic growth factor

Efrain C. Azmitia, Kevin P. Dolan, Patricia M. Whitaker‐Azmitia · Brain Research · 1990 · 228 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +6

Awakening the sleeping giant: anatomy and plasticity of the brain serotonergic system.

Efrain C. Azmitia, Patricia M. Whitaker‐Azmitia · PubMed · 1991 · 185 citations

Life Sciences, Anatomy, Neuroscience +17

Localization of 5‐HT_1A receptors to astroglial cells in adult rats: Implications for neuronal‐glial interactions and psychoactive drug mechanism of action

Patricia M. Whitaker‐Azmitia, Colin Clarke, Efrain C. Azmitia · Synapse · 1993 · 179 citations

Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +9