https://padlet.com/solomongeorge1996/elrkp34m0dig Regulating serotonin levels in depression patients en-us 2016-11-03 18:10:40 UTC 2025-10-26 03:53:06 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png solomongeorge1996 https://padlet.com/solomongeorge1996/elrkp34m0dig/wish/135200359 Serotonin is a neurotransmitter usually referred to as the feel good chemical. ]]> 2016-11-03 18:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/solomongeorge1996/elrkp34m0dig/wish/135200359 solomongeorge1996 https://padlet.com/solomongeorge1996/elrkp34m0dig/wish/135218105  Depression which is also known as major depressive disorder (MDD) is characterised by prolong helplessness or discouragement about the future.
The serotonin (5-HT) hypothesis of depression proposes that it might be caused by the decrease of serotonin neurotransmission.. Coppen A.(1967) published an article: The biochemistry of affective disorders in which he says " the weight of evidence, although it is by no means conclusive, suggests that biochemical changes are most important in the aetiology of affective disorders." He backed up this hypothesis by a series of studies on brain monoamines and proposed that certain drugs (MAO) manipulate neurotransmission of 5-HT. ]]> 2016-11-03 19:21:25 UTC https://padlet.com/solomongeorge1996/elrkp34m0dig/wish/135218105 solomongeorge1996 https://padlet.com/solomongeorge1996/elrkp34m0dig/wish/135233416 Most medication work on synaptic level, by increasing or decreasing the amount of available neurotransmitter in the synapse, this means that they can make it more or less likely that a message will be delivered to the next cell. Fluoxetine (Prozac) is a good example of an SSRI, which blocks the re-uptake of serotonin in the synaptic cleft thereby increasing the availability of serotonin in the synapse.]]> 2016-11-03 20:22:23 UTC https://padlet.com/solomongeorge1996/elrkp34m0dig/wish/135233416 solomongeorge1996 https://padlet.com/solomongeorge1996/elrkp34m0dig/wish/135245559 A Study article suggesting the possibilities that genes passed on from parents may also have a say in whether you're more or less likely to suffer from depression. Caspi A. et al -Influence on life stress on depression. The article suggests that people that have either one or two copies of short allele 5-HT promoter polymorphism exhibited more depressive symptoms in relation to those people showed homozygous for the long allele. ]]> 2016-11-03 21:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/solomongeorge1996/elrkp34m0dig/wish/135245559 solomongeorge1996 https://padlet.com/solomongeorge1996/elrkp34m0dig/wish/135247711 In recent news, People that have been prescribed SSRIs have said that the many side effects of these drugs are too extreme to be ignored. Side effects of SSRIs include dependence on anti depressants when introduced at high doses.]]> 2016-11-03 21:35:01 UTC https://padlet.com/solomongeorge1996/elrkp34m0dig/wish/135247711 solomongeorge1996 https://padlet.com/solomongeorge1996/elrkp34m0dig/wish/135250935 2016-11-03 21:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/solomongeorge1996/elrkp34m0dig/wish/135250935