“…However, in mice, 5HT loss is milder, while a severe DA depletion occurs, as described in detail by the Colado's group (Colado et al, 2001) and shown by other studies (Stone et al, 1987;Logan et al, 1988;Ali et al, 1991;Cadet et al, 1995;Fornai et al, 2001Fornai et al, , 2004b. Both monoamines might modulate seizures (see, for instance, Pasini et al, 1996;Starr, 1996;Heisler et al, 1998;Torta and Monaco, 2002;Giorgi et al, 2003Giorgi et al, , 2004. However, this is unlikely to occur in the present study.…”