Research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, clarifies the complex interaction between gut bacteria and irritable ...

Psychedelic drugs such as LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline cause severe and often long-lasting hallucinations, but they also show great potential in treating a number of serious psychiatric conditions, ...

Serotonin (5-HT) is one of the main neurotransmitters in the human central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. It helps regulate appetite, memory, cognition, and mood through serotonin ...

Activation of the serotonin receptor, 5-HT1A, has been shown to regulate mood and cognition. The receptor is the primary target of buspirone, vilazodone, and gepirone, FDA-approved medications for the ...

Psychedelic drugs such as LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline cause severe and often long-lasting hallucinations, but they show great potential in treating serious psychiatric conditions, such as major ...

Because serotonin is one of the primary chemicals the brain uses to influence mood and behavior, it is also the most common target of psychiatric drugs. To improve those drugs and to invent better ...

Dr. Chakrapani's long-standing scientific interest has been in developing a molecular-level understanding of ion-transport phenomenon across cellular membranes that occurs under normal and ...

With full genetic control and visibility into neural activity and behavior, scientists map out chemical's role in behavior. Because serotonin is one of the primary chemicals the brain uses to ...