- Symbol
- 5-HT2A
- Name
- 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) receptor 2A
- Organism
- Drosophila melanogaster (AnAge)
- Observations
- Flies were subjected to several control diets: sucrose only, yeast only and fixed diet. Flies were also subjected to a choice diet. When 5-HT2A mutant animals were aged in a choice environment there was a 90% increase in mean lifespan.
- % change in avg or median lifespan
- Mean lifespan is 90% higher.
- Lifespan Effect
- Increase
- Genetic Manipulation
- Deletion
- Longevity Category
- Anti-Longevity
- Primary reference
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- GenAge model organism genes
- A homolog of this gene for Caenorhabditis elegans is present as ser-1
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- ser-1
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GenAge entry for 5-HT2A (Drosophila melanogaster)