Articles about: serotonin
The serotonin hypothesis of depression has not been confirmed
The hypothesis that depression is caused by decreased serotonin levels in the brain was put forward in the 1960s, and although it has never been confirmed, it permeated the mainstream and began to be treated as a certainty, even by many doctors and psychologists. A review of scientific studies from 2022 clearly shows that over […]
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Fertility neurobiology, or how stress influences fertilization difficulties
It is well known that long-term stress leads to many disorders, such as depression, anxiety disorders, cardiovascular diseases, weakened immunity, and reduced fertility. However, it is also known that we are different from each other. Some of us are more resistant to stress and others are more sensitive. The same events in one person will […]
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The stress response
The two main biological systems involved in stress response, ie. the sympathetic system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA), I described in the article Biology of stress. Now a little bit more about corticoliberin, as well as the locus coeruleus in the brainstem, dopaminergic and serotonergic system and the amygdala, hippocampus and prefrontal cortex. Corticoliberin (Corticotropin-releasing hormone […]
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