Part I: Receptor Dimerization
1. Novel Approaches to Serotonin Receptor Interaction StudiesSylwia Lukasiewicz, Ewa Blasiak, Kinga Szafran, and Marta Dziedzicka-Wasylewska
2. Techniques for the Study of GPCR Heteromerization in Living Cells and Animal Models, José L. Moreno, Jeremy Seto, James B. Hanks, and Javier González-Maeso
Part II: Manipulation and Analysis of Serotonergic Signaling in Brain Slices
3. Organotypic Slices and Biolistic Transfection for the Study of Serotonin Receptor Function in CNS Neuron Kelly McGregor, Jean-Claude Beïque, and Rodrigo Andrade
Part III: Mouse Models to Study Serotonin-Associated Behavioral Disorder
4. Dissecting a Model of Depressive-Related Phenotype and Antidepressants Effects in 129S2/SvPas Mice Silvina L. Diaz and Luc Maroteaux
5. The Murine Serotonin Syndrome and the 5-HT1A Receptor: Behavioral Effects and Hypothermi Robert Haberzettl, Heidrun Fink, Silke Dietze, and Bettina Bert
6. 5-HT4 Receptor Subtype, β-arrestin Level, and Rapid Onset Effects of Antidepressant Drugs Indira Mendez-David, Denis Joseph David, Jean-Philippe Guilloux, René Hen, and Alain Michel Gardier
Part IV: Serotonin Transporter
7. Autoshaping Memory Formation and Retention Loss: Are Serotonin and Other Neurotransmitter Transporters Involved Alfredo Meneses and Ruth Tellez
8. Flow Cytometry to Determine Serotonin Transporter Function in Human Peripheral Blood Cells Brendan S. Beikmann and Anne M. Andrews
Part V: Invertebrate Model Systems
9. Functional Genomics of Serotonin Receptors in Helminth Parasites: Elucidation of Receptor Function through RNA Interference (RNAi)Mohammed Rashid, Kevin MacDonald, and Paula Ribeiro
10. Visualization of the Serotonin System in Drosophila Brain: Immunofluorescence and Confocal Microscopy Charles D. Nichols and Kelly Jean Sherman
11. Serotonin Modulates Adult Neurogenesis in an Invertebrate Model: Approaches to Receptor Localization and Function Barbara S. Beltz, Yi Zhang, and Jeanne L. Benton
12. Immunolocalization of Serotonergic Neurons in Arthropod Developmental and Phylogenetic Neuroanatomy Torben Stemme and Michael Stern