A deficiency in serotonin, a chemical messenger in the brain, is believed to play a central role in depression, but a new study puts this long-standing belief into doubt. In the journal iACS Chemical Neuroscience/i, scientists report that mice lacking the ability to make serotonin in their brains (and thus should have been "depressed" by conventional wisdom) did not show depression-like symptoms. Donald Kuhn and colleagues at the John D. Dingell VA Medical ...Friday, 29 August 2014
Long-Held Belief About Depression Questioned by New Study
A deficiency in serotonin, a chemical messenger in the brain, is believed to play a central role in depression, but a new study puts this long-standing belief into doubt. In the journal iACS Chemical Neuroscience/i, scientists report that mice lacking the ability to make serotonin in their brains (and thus should have been "depressed" by conventional wisdom) did not show depression-like symptoms. Donald Kuhn and colleagues at the John D. Dingell VA Medical ...
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