Does 90% of serotonin come from the gut? Experts debunk the popular gut-brain myth and explain how diet, stress, and ...

Acting as both a neurotransmitter and hormone, serotonin (also known as 5-hydroxytryptamine or 5-HT) significantly impacts mood, digestion, and sleep patterns. Most serotonin is found in the gut, ...

Some quite strong feelings and very broad conclusions have come following the recent publication of a review study published in the reputable journal Molecular Psychiatry that found little evidence ...

Scientists have studied the main source of serotonin in the brain -- the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN). By studying how activating the brain's 'serotonin center' affects awake animals for the first time, ...

Serotonin syndrome (aka serotonin toxicity) is often misunderstood, causing both unnecessary worry and missed warning signs.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine your brain is Instagram. Then serotonin—a neurotransmitter that governs your mood—is the tech that allows one brain nerve ...

A major paper debunking the “serotonin hypothesis” has a lot of people agitated. But leaving more room for nuance in our discussions about mental health is the right idea. Building a more complex, ...

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In our day-to-day lives, we're constantly making a slew of decisions, from immediate matters to prospects on the far horizon. But the evolutionary nuts-and-bolts of how our brains weigh these numerous ...

As a college student in Pavia, Italy, in the early 1930s, Vittorio Erspamer trained his eyes on a mysterious group of cells in the intestinal tracts of rabbits. These enterochromaffin cells, he ...

If you've been lacking the motivation to clean your house, get a workout in or just can't get out of bed, it could be that your serotonin and dopamine levels are out of whack. When you're deficient in ...