serotonin

IPA: sɝʌtˈoʊnɪn

(biochemistry) An indoleamine neurotransmitter, 5-hydroxytryptamine, that is involved in depression, appetite, etc., and is crucial in maintaining a sense of well-being, security, etc.

Examples of "serotonin" in Sentences

Anxiety and depression occur when too much serotonin is reuptaken and spends its time hiding in the nerve cells.
It may be that this essential fatty acid helps to build brain receptors for neurotransmitters such as serotonin, which is known to improve mood.
For the past two decades, treatments for depression have been based primarily on a brain chemical called serotonin, which is also linked to mood.
If serotonin from the pineal does get back into the brain proper, it a must do so through such a circuitous route that many workers discredit this possibility.
The current generation of anti-depressant drugs, which change the way the brain absorbs a neurotransmitter called serotonin, are probably no more effective than placebos.
These experiments, which might have been the last performed by the hands of Jessell, led to the isolation of genes encoding the seven transmembrane domain serotonin receptor,
Spending time with a BFF tamps down the "fight-or-flight" stress hormones and helps a woman's body create serotonin, which is the feel good brain neurotransmitter that keeps depression at bay and mood even.