Table 1.

Oligonucleotide primer sequences used in RT-PCR analysis.

Gene	Genebank accession no.	Primer	Product length (bp)
5-HT1A R.	NM008308.4	fwd tctctccctccctcttgctc rev aattccagggcaccataacc	133
5-HT1B R.	NM010482	fwd aagccaaagcagaggaggag rev cggtcttgttgggtgtctgt	177
5-HT1D R.	NM008309	fwd cacggcacagcttatcacag rev cccagggtcttagtggcttt	192
5-HT1F R.	NM008310	fwd tggcattgaactgtgaatgg rev agaattttggatggcattcg	207
5-HT2A R.	NM172812.1	fw atagccgcttcaactccaga rev tcatcctgtagcccgaagac	106
5-HT2BR.	NM008311.2	fwd gggctactgcattcatcaaga rev ctcacaggtgacattgtgtgg	119
5-HT2C R.	NM008312.4	fwd gttcaattcgcggactaagg rev tcacgaacactttgctttcg	116
5-HT3A R.	NM013561.2	Fwd catgtatgccatcctcaacg rev ccacgtccacaaactcattg	188
5-HT3B R.	NM020274.4	fwd ggcagcttctttctgtgtcc rev gaagaccgtatagcccacca	233
5-HT4 R.	NM008313.4	fwd ttaatgttgggaggctgctg rev gggcttgttgaccatgaaga	156
5-HT6 R.	NM021358.2	fwd ggtgccatctgcttcaccta rev gcagccaggtgacaaagaac	250
5-HT7 R.	NM008315	fwd gccacttcttctgcaacgtc rev ttcacattctgagcccatcc	226
ß-2-Microglobulin	NM009735	fwd attcacccccactgagactg rev gctatttctttctgcgtgcat	192