Depression is notoriously hard to study, but what if you could switch depression on and off and look at the biological differences between when people are depressed and when they are not? Now a study of seasonal depression, ...
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An international team from the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown (CCU), in Portugal, and the University College London (UCL) in the U.K. has uncovered a previously unknown effect of serotonin on learning. Their results ...
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Mutations in the gene ANT1 may confer a risk for bipolar disorder through a complex interplay between serotonin and mitochondrial signaling in the brain. These two pathways have been separately implicated in bipolar disorder, ...
Jun 11, 2018
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People usually have the ability to put aside the desire for immediate gratification in anticipation of something good. But this isn't just a human trait—a new study shows that mice can be patient, too, revealing a link ...
Jun 1, 2018
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The key chemical for happiness and sadness, serotonin, is also a force in our body's weight gain and calorie control, and scientists say more research could reduce obesity rates.
Mar 22, 2018
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How do increased serotonin levels affect behavior? This is a question that highly interests neuroscientists. Serotonin has multiple functions in the brain, and its effects are not completely understood. Serotonin is at the ...
Mar 9, 2018
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Blood platelets and serotonin – a molecule with growth promoting properties – stored in them play a significant role in the recurrence of cancer following partial hepatectomy. For the first time, a research group from ...
Oct 19, 2017
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(Medical Xpress)—An international team of researchers has found evidence of four genes that can be linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In their paper published in the journal Nature Communications, the group ...
Serotonin, one of the major chemical messengers serving neuronal communication, is usually associated with the direct regulation of affective states and mood in general. But growing evidence suggests that one of the core ...
Mar 16, 2017
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A new study in mice shows that increasing serotonin, one of the major mediators of brain communication, affects motivation—but only in certain circumstances. Furthermore, the study revealed that the short and long term ...
Feb 14, 2017
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