Delving Deeper Into Neurotransmitters

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We are way past the days of "you're depressed because your serotonin levels are too low". It is way more complicated than that. Here are some links and pictures if you'd like to grasp a more detailed and bigger picture:

Neurotransmitter Basics

Mapping neurotransmitter systems to the structural and functional organization of the human neocortex

 

Even serotonin has many subtypes and so do the others: Biochemistry, Serotonin

 

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Biochemistry, Gamma Aminobutyric Acid

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Biochemistry, Dopamine Receptors

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Receptor-binding profile and metabolic risk of antipsychotic drugs

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Current treatments for anxiety disorders.

 

Novel medication treatments for anxiety disorders. (Psychedelics got listed for novel treatments but they describe their direct effects on neurotransmitters which could be useful in our research) - not approved by the FDA yet

A bunch of other substances were listed as novel treatments as well. Substances I never heard of yet and substances that companies like AstraZeneca are still testing.

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Antihistamines

 

Histamines might play a role for some.