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COVID patients on antidepressants less likely to die: Study
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], November 20 (ANI): The findings of a study of health records from 87 health care centres across the United States have shown that people taking a class of antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) were less likely to die due to COVID-19.
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Study finds COVID patients on antidepressants are less likely to die
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], November 16 (ANI): A new study of health records from 87 health care centres across the United States found that people taking a class of antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) were less likely to die of COVID-19.
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Increased serotonin prevents cocaine addiction, researchers find
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], September 10 (ANI): Elevated levels of serotonin can prevent the development of compulsive cocaine-seeking and addiction in mice, according to a recent report by a team of international researchers.
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Study reveals nutrition, companionship reduce pain in mice with sickle cel
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
California [US], February 1 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that an enriched diet and companionship can reduce pain in mice with sickle cell disease by increasing serotonin. They also discovered that duloxetine, an antidepressant that boosts serotonin levels, could be an alternative t
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AI-designed serotonin sensor helpful in studying sleep, mental health: Stu
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 27 (ANI): Researchers have described how they used advanced genetic engineering techniques to transform a bacterial protein into a new research tool that may help monitor serotonin transmission with greater fidelity than current methods.
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AI-designed serotonin sensor may help scientists study sleep, mental healt
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 25 (ANI): In an article in Cell, National Institutes of Health-funded researchers described how they used advanced genetic engineering techniques to transform a bacterial protein into a new research tool that may help monitor serotonin transmission with greater fide
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Regions of brain where serotonin promotes patience revealed by scientists
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Okinawa [Japan], December 19 (ANI): In a study on mice, scientists have pinpointed specific areas of the brain that individually promote patience through the action of serotonin.
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Serotonin promotes patience in parts of brain: Scientists reveal
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Okinawa [Japan], November 29 (ANI): Serotonin, the hormone which determines the level of patience, has been found by a study done on mice to also dictate whether one will crave instant gratification or will calmly anticipate the reward.
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Scientists reveal regions of the brain where serotonin promotes patience
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Okinawa [Japan], November 28 (ANI): Whether we're stuck in traffic at the end of a long day, or eagerly anticipating the release of a new book, film, or album, there are times when we need to be patient. Learning to suppress the impulse for instant gratification is often vital for future suc
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Here's how brain activity evolves fear into anxiety
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], July 11 (ANI): Researchers for the first time have identified brain-wide neural correlates of the transition from fear to anxiety. They tried to understand the brain's response to fear, and why, in some cases, it can lead to prolonged anxiety states like post-traumatic
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Study explains how brain activity evolves fear into anxiety
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], July 9 (ANI): A team of researchers has now tried to understand the brain's response to fear, and why, in some cases, it can lead to prolonged anxiety states like post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD).
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Study explains why depression is often accompanied by moody gut
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 7 (ANI): People who suffer from depression are also likely to face gastrointestinal distress as a study has pointed out that for some, both the conditions are triggered by the same glitch in neuron chemistry-low serotonin.
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