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ArticleACS chemical neuroscience2025

Serotonergic Mechanisms in Proteinoid-Based Protocells.

Panagiotis Mougkogiannis, Andrew Adamatzky

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Article in ACS chemical neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Proteinoid Computing on Olivine Substrates.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2026
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  3. Fast and Slow Signal Propagation in Abiotic Polypeptide Assemblies.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026
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  8. Myelin-Proteinoids Interactions in Neural Signaling.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Panagiotis MougkogiannisUnconventional Computing Laboratory, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-1710-4917
Andrew AdamatzkyUnconventional Computing Laboratory, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-1073-2662

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study examines the effects of incorporating serotonin (5-HT) into proteinoid microspheres. It looks at the microspheres' structure and electrochemical properties. Proteinoid-serotonin assemblies have better symmetry and membrane organization than pristine proteinoids. Cyclic voltammetry shows a big boost in electron transfer. This is proven by a smaller peak separation and higher electrochemical efficiency. SEM imaging shows a distinct core-shell structure and uniform density. This suggests ordered molecular assembly. These findings show that serotonin changes proteinoid self-assembly. It creates structured systems with better electron transfer pathways. The serotonin-modified proto-neurons show new properties. They give insights into early cellular organization and signaling. This helps us understand prebiotic information processing systems.

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Artificial CellsSerotoninMicrospheresSerotoninartificial cellsconsciousnessneurotransmittersorigin of lifeparoxetineprimordial soupproteinoidsprotocellsprotocellular consciousnessserotonin

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PMID39840997
PMCPMC11803625

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