A study of depressed individuals found that an eight‐week treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) ...

Love happens in the brain, where hormonal releases and brain chemicals like dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin are released.

Regulatory T cells, which are typically anti-inflammatory, could help prevent the infant immune system from overreacting to new environmental stimuli and foods, a process known as tolerance. Zeng and ...

Variation of one gene associated with the serotonin system (the serotonin transporter gene) has been most linked to depression susceptibility—it is thought to moderate the impact of stressful ...

Dexfenfluramine (a SERT substrate) mediates PAH experimentally via its actions on the serotinergic system. Increased activation of the serotonin system or the SERT may be a 'second-hit' risk ...

Understanding the neural circuits that drive anxiety may help researchers discover circuit-specific targets and therefore increase the precision of treatment strategies.

A global research collaboration has revealed how certain gut cells switch on pain signals, which can linger long after the ...

Antidepressants like Prozac are commonly prescribed to treat mental health disorders, but new research suggests they could ...

It is well known that bright-light therapy can bring quick benefits to people with depression or SAD, because light affects the melatonin-serotonin system and elevates mood. In fact, some ...

Serotonin syndrome is a preventable, drug-related complication that results from increased brain-stem serotonin activity, usually precipitated by the use of one or more serotonergic drugs.