Problems with reduced serotonin function can lead to anxiety, obsession, and mood disorders. (marvistavet.com)
The authors propose that these results suggest that there are two forms of aggression in children and only aggression that has its basis in familial biology is associated with diminished serotonin function. (journals.plos.org)
«Now that we have more evidence that serotonin is a chemical that appears affected early in cognitive decline, we suspect that increasing serotonin function in the brain could prevent memory loss from getting worse and slow disease progression,» says Gwenn Smith, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and director of geriatric psychiatry and neuropsychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. (sciencedaily.com)