Activation of the serotonin receptor, 5-HT1A, has been shown to regulate mood and cognition. The receptor is the primary target of buspirone, vilazodone, and gepirone, FDA-approved medications for the ...

When all else fails, some patients trying to overcome alcoholism, severe depression or anxiety, and even cluster headaches, turn to psychedelic drugs, which clinical research has shown can help treat ...

Serotonin is a naturally occurring monoamine neurotransmitter that carries signals between nerve cells throughout your body. It plays an important role in various brain and body functions, including ...

Researchers at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT; MA, USA) have mapped the entire serotonergic system of a model organism, Caenorhabditis ...

Scientists have identified a molecular intermediate of a serotonin receptor that is involved in diseases such as depression and schizophrenia. The study points to a potentially new target for ...

You’ve probably heard about serotonin, the molecule known as the “happy hormone.” It’s widely thought to play a role in mood, sleep, learning, memory, digestion, and more—in fact, scientists think it ...

If we travelled back 16,500 years to visit North America during the Ice Age, research suggests we would see our ancestors making use of psychedelic mushrooms. From cacti in ancient Mexico to ergot ...

A new study published in NeuroImage: Clinical has found that behavioral and emotional problems in children are linked to differences in the structure of brain regions associated with serotonin. The ...

Higher levels of serotonin in the brain and other areas involved in sex can inhibit those functions, said Streicher — since SSRIs potentially restrict blood flow by binding to alpha-1 adrenergic ...