Serotonin plays several roles in your body, including influencing learning, memory, happiness as well as regulating body temperature, sleep, sexual behaviour and hunger. Lack of enough serotonin ...

A review of 17 studies has cast doubt on the widely held belief that depression is caused by low levels of serotonin in the brain. Ask anyone what causes depression and chances are they’ll ...

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

Understanding the neural circuits that drive anxiety may help researchers discover circuit-specific targets and therefore ...

IT has been demonstrated that, besides heparin and histamine, mast cells contain serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) 1–3. However, serotonin-containing mast cells, having been found ...

Stop and think: A drop in serotonin can lead to increased stress. SAD also manifests in a lack of focus, feeling down, loss of interest in activities, tiredness, and getting easily annoyed.