5-hydroxy Tryptamine - Articles
Serotonin, impulsivity, and eating disorders
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Carrie A.
Serotonin is the brain chemical we've all come to know and love. It's sometimes called the "happy chemical." Why? People with depression tend to have low levels of serotonin in the brain. So do people with anxiety disorders. And bulimia nervosa . Anorexia appears to be a little different. While researchers know that people with anorexia have ...
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Serotonin and healthy or weak bones
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Dr. Judith Wurtman
I was losing the argument. According to my neighbor, it was possible to take serotonin as a supplement and not only lose weight but also vanquish the symptoms of stress, PMS and menopause. “Just go to the website and you will see all the testimonials from people who have been helped by the serotonin supplement,” she told me, referring to a sero ...
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LSD and Serotonin
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Dirk H.
Early psychedelic research on alcoholism. What did LSD do to the brain, exactly, in order to set off the fireworks that so fascinated brain scientists, hippies, and government spies? And why, after years of massive, unauthorized field-testing, so to speak, was there so little evidence implicating LSD as an addictive drug? Powerful as it was, LSD ...
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Serotonin and Dopamine: A Primer
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Dirk H.
... s in nuts, fruit, and snake venom. It is found in the intestinal walls, large blood vessels, and the central nervous system of most vertebrates. The body normally synthesizes 5-hydroxytryptamine, as serotonin is formally known, from tryptophan in the diet. Thus far, no other substance found the central nervous system has as many diverse receptor a ...
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Low Serotonin and Fibromyalgia
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Dr. Daniel Kalish
Although there are many possible causes of fibromyalgia, what can be certain is that all of the possible causes are a direct result of a cascade of disturbances and resulting malfunctions. Chronic fatigue, chemical sensitivity, fibromyalgia and many other so called “chronic diseases” are not different diseases, but the result of similar cellular ma ...
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New Osteoporosis Research: Serotonin Could Control Bone Formation
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Sheryl R.
Most treatments for Osteoporosis only slow bone loss, but a new finding may provide new hope for the 10 million Americans who live with this disease. Turns out serotonin could play a very important role in bone formation.The New York Times reports:At its heart is serotonin made by the gut rather than the brain, whose role outside the brain had been ...
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Platelet serotonin in systemic sclerosis.
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Jan
By P. S. Klimiuk and Colleague Platelet serotonin concentrations were measured in 43 patients with systemic sclerosis, in 11 patients with primary Raynaud's phenomenon, and in 38 normal controls. Patients with the CREST variant (calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, oesophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia) had significantly lower platele ...
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Serotonin – How It Affects Your Health
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Healthy Lifestyle ..
... g tryptophan, the building blocks of proteins. Tryptophan hydroxylase is used by serotonin-producing cells along with tryptophan to form serotonin, otherwise known as 5-hydoxytryptamine.How Serotonin Affects HealthA neurotransmitter facilitates the transmission of messages from one brain region to another. Cells of neurotransmitters like serotonin ...
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Serotonin, Aggression, Apathy, and Empathy
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Drs. Fernettte & Brock E.
The new black box warnings about SSRIs and children were directed toward depressed children and adolescents, and extra caution was raised about possible increased suicide risk. However, SSRIs are not prescribed for depressed children - in fact they are prescribed for a wide variety of behavioral disorders in children that include 'disruptive behavi ...
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