Scientists discovered that increasing serotonin levels in this specific brain region of mice actually lessened anxiety ... a ...

Now, new research suggests these drugs work by acting on a specific serotonin receptor, which was found ... and other mood disorders, such as anxiety, are associated with emotional brain circuitry ...

Receptors for the messenger molecule serotonin can be modified in such a way that they can be activated by light, a study shows. An imbalance in serotonin levels seems to cause anxiety and depression.

A serotonin-specific receptor can determine how important visual stimuli are perceived. This explains the effects of certain drugs and could help in understanding psychiatric diseases. Signals in ...

Chakrapani used “cryo-EM” last year to view the serotonin receptor alone, laying the foundation for the present study. The researchers hope their findings could lead to more precise drugs that target ...

The receptor is involved in many disorders, including schizophrenia, anxiety, and chemotherapy nausea - Scientists at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have elucidated for the first time ...

She suggests designing drugs that target specific conformation of serotonin receptors could help. “Successful design of safer therapeutics has slowed because there is currently a limited understanding ...