Nace Golding, a neuroscientist at the University of Texas at Austin, and his team were surprised to find that serotonin also regulates the sensitivity of auditory neurons, brain cells involved in ...

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 ...

Any regular MDMA user will tell you to keep some 5-HTP on hand for the morning after when you need to replenish your serotonin levels. 5-hydroxytryptophan is available at your drug store, and this isn ...

Scientists have identified a novel mode of action for a potential antidepressant that also leads to nerve cell growth in the mouse hippocampus. The activator of a serotonin receptor uses a different ...

Research presented next week at Physiology 2019 - the annual conference of The Physiological Society - reveals a way to harness the target of the brain chemical serotonin to combat the obesity (and ...

Research shows that reward-based learning requires the two neuromodulators to balance one another's influence -- like the accelerator and brakes on a car If you've heard of two of the brain's chemical ...

In recent years, the term “dopamine” has become a buzzword, often used to describe the fleeting rush of pleasure and ...

Medically reviewed by Jamie Johnson, RDN Key Takeaways Tryptophan is an essential amino acid that naturally exists in certain foods.Your body turns tryptophan into serotonin, which has many roles, ...

Nicole McDermott has worked in the creative content space for the last decade as a writer, editor and director. Her work has been featured on TIME Healthland, Prevention, Shape, USA Today, HuffPost, ...

The placenta has long been thought to produce serotonin during pregnancy. But in a new study, Yale researchers shatter the deep-rooted hypothesis — and show that the placenta doesn’t produce serotonin ...