Serotonin, acting in a specific brain region, promotes sleep in fruit flies
Researchers have found that the neurotransmitter serotonin, known to affect many behaviors, also appears to promote lasting, quality sleep in an animal model for understanding how sleep is regulated. While central to the lives of most animals, the proper regulation sleep remains a largely enigmatic process. The findings are reported by Quan Yuan, William Joiner, and Amita Sehgal at the Un...Low levels of neurotransmitter serotonin may perpetuate child abuse across generations
Infant abuse may be perpetuated between generations by changes in the brain induced by early experience, research shows at the University of Chicago shows. A research team found that when baby rhesus monkeys endured high rates of maternal rejection and mild abuse in their first month of life, their brains often produced less serotonin, a chemical that transmits impulses in the brain. Low...Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
(5-hydroxytryptamine or 5-HT), in the <a href="/ ?q=/ Biology-De...Serotonin increases stroke risk
According to a new study the use of serotonin-raising drugs like antidepressants and slimming pills in combination may trigger a stroke. In common the mecahnism of durgs is by increasing the levels of serotonin, a natural chemical with many different roles in the body.// Examples include diet pills, anti-migraine drugs and some of the newer antidepressants. Researchers at the Health wel...Disturbance in Serotonin Levels Result in Reduced Gasping In Kids with SIDS
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the primary cause of death for // children under the age of 1. Statistics show that about 3,000 infants die each year from SIDS. The exact cause of (SIDS) is unknown. Jan-Marino Ramirez, an associate professor of organismal biology and anatomy at the University of Chicago said that th...Serotonin the Answer for Anti-Obesity Treatment
According to a new research conducted at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center it was found that increased serotonin aids to curb appetite.// Serotonin is a brain chemical which can be stimulated by various drugs such Fen-phen and other diet drugs. That knowledge could aid in the design of safer anti-obesity drugs nearly a decade after Fen-phen was banned for causing har...Alterations in Intestinal Serotonin in Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Dyspepsia
ROCHESTER, MN, May 21, 2007-- Serotonin is aneurotransmitter that helps regulate intestinal functions. MayoClinic researchers set out to determine the role of serotonin inpatients with IBS and dyspepsia. The study involved 48 females --including individuals with IBS, individuals with dyspepsia,individuals with both IBS and dyspepsia, and healthy volunteers.Biopsies were obtained from the...