5,6-Dihydroxytryptamine
Serotonergic neurotoxin
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The compound can be used in scientific research to lesion the brain serotonergic system in animals. It has a number of limitations and disadvantages relative to 5,7-DHT however, which have made 5,7-DHT a more preferred serotonergic neurotoxin in scientific research. Administration of 5,6-DHT (and 5,7-DHT) to animals causes dramatic behavioral changes.
5,6-DHT was first described in the scientific literature by 1971.
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