Is food the key to happiness? Emotional eating is certainly a real concept, but there are foods you can eat that naturally contain tryptophan, a serotonin-producing amino acid. Other ...

Recent research has opened the debate on whether chemical imbalances cause depression, anxiety, and other conditions ...

Researchers have identified a mechanism by which acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter best known for its role in muscle control and attention, can effectively commandeer serotonin release inside the ...

Serotonin, one of the major chemical messengers serving neuronal communication, is usually associated with the direct regulation of affective states and mood in general. But growing evidence suggests ...

If you’ve heard of two of the brain’s chemical neurotransmitters, it’s probably dopamine and serotonin. Never mind that glutamate and GABA do most of the work — it’s the thrill of dopamine as the ...

Researchers have identified two gut bacteria that can produce serotonin, a key chemical that regulates bowel movements. In experiments with mice lacking serotonin, the microbes boosted serotonin ...

This feel-good hormone plays a key role in everything from sleep and digestion to happiness and contentment—here's how to keep it flowin'. Serotonin is a “feel-good” hormone, or neurotransmitter, that ...

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Our brains are made of tens of billions of nerve cells called neurons. These cells communicate with each other through biomolecules called neurotransmitters. Serotonin, a type of neurotransmitter, is ...

An individual's nerve cells produce a special chemical called serotonin. It is responsible for sending signals from one nerve ...

Using light stimulation and MRI, scientists compared the effects of stimulating the brain’s serotonin center in awake and anesthetized mice, showing a clear difference in activation levels between the ...

In the latest episode of OIST's podcast featuring researchers from the OIST Global Bioconvergence Center of Innovation, a center dedicated to promoting mental, physical, and environmental health based ...