A recent study from Stanford’s Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute has shed light on the interplay between two key brain chemicals, dopamine and serotonin, revealing their opposing roles in shaping our ...

Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) are a class of drugs that affect the brain’s serotonin system, and doctors most commonly prescribe them as antidepressants. SRIs increase the levels of serotonin ...

Can the function of just one small group of chemicals really determine whether you are happy or sad? Two neurotransmitters, dopamine and norepinephrine, called catecholamines, may do exactly that and ...

Researchers from UZH have discovered how the perception of meaning changes in the brain under the influence of LSD. The serotonin 2A receptors are responsible for altered perception. This finding will ...