Serotonin is one of the primary chemicals that the brain uses to influence mood and behavior, and is a key target for psychiatric drugs. But to aid in the design of improved drugs scientists need to ...

A new comprehensive analysis reveals that chronic consumption of fat-rich foods triggers a specific chemical imbalance that ...

Researchers headed by teams at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Cambridge have shown that the serotonin 2C receptor in the brain regulates memory in people and animal models. Their ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Cambridge in the U.K. and collaborating institutions have shown that serotonin 2C receptor in the brain regulates memory in people and ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Cambridge in the U.K. and collaborating institutions have shown that serotonin 2C receptor in the brain regulates memory in people and ...

Anxiety and depression are two of the most frequently occurring mental disorders worldwide. Light-activated nerve cells may indicate how they are formed. By coupling nerve cell receptors to ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have shed valuable light on the complex mechanisms by which a class of psychedelic drugs binds to and activates serotonin receptors to ...

Psychedelic drugs are often used for entertainment purposes. But there have been some recent indications that they can be effective against PTSD and treatment-resistant depression. Figuring out ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Columbia University and the University of San Francisco, have uncovered a previously ...

Back in 2004 I made the claim that the serotonin 2A receptor (5HT2AR) would be crucial for brain mechanisms of REM sleep and the peculiar phenomenology of dreams (McNamara, 2004). Why is this claim ...