Recent research has opened the debate on whether chemical imbalances cause depression, anxiety, and other conditions ...

Scientists at the University of Science and Technology of China have identified a signaling chain that starts with gut ...

A new study has for the first time elucidated the gut-liver immune regulatory axis jointly maintained by intestinal commensal ...

In a discovery that could guide the development of next-generation antidepressants and antipsychotic medications, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed new insights ...

Serotonin and mental health Some medications used to manage mental health conditions work by changing how your brain uses serotonin. Early theories suggested that chronic low serotonin is the main ...

Acetylcholine "conductors" in the striatum directly trigger serotonin release, offering new insights into the origins of OCD and chemical imbalances.

This post was written with a contribution from Margaret Heaton-Ashby, LMFT. Your nerve cells are constantly in a state of production to create the chemical serotonin, which is made from the essential ...

Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) are a class of drugs that affect the brain’s serotonin system, and doctors most commonly prescribe them as antidepressants. SRIs increase the levels of serotonin ...

Scientists have uncovered a powerful strategy that the brain uses to coordinate chemical signaling. In a new study, ...

Dextromethorphan (Delsym, Robitussin) can interact with alcohol, other medications, and some supplements. For example, dextromethorphan can interact with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs ...