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serotonin
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
neurotransmitting chemical, 1948, coined from sero- , comb. form of serum (q.v.) + ton(ic) + chemical suffix -in (2).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Serotonin is the fourth album by Mystery Jets , released in the UK on 5 July 2010. The album is produced by Chris Thomas .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory [syn: 5-hydroxytryptamine ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN reuptake ▪ The other argument for prescribing serotonin reuptake inhibitors has been their reported lower toxicity in overdose compared with some antidepressants. ▪ However, disagreement exists about the role of serotonin ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context neurotransmitter English) An indoleamine neurotransmitter, 5-hydroxytryptamine, that is involved in depression, appetite, etc., and is crucial in maintaining a sense of well-being, security, etc.
Usage examples of serotonin.
Carbohydrates raise the level of the amino acid tryptophan in the bloodstream, which the brain uses to synthesize serotonin, a neurotransmitter associated with sleep, analgesia, calm, and even the lifting of depression.
The ultrasonics produced by the tactile pigments operated directly on the hypothalamus, promoting sudden changes in serotonin concentrations and levels.
No physiological abnormalities were found, but there was no serotonin in his brain at all, no beta-endorphin, and no trace of another substance, an enzyme called mono amine oxidase.
By the mid-1970s, they had shown that during habituation in the isolated ganglion there was a steady decrease in the amount of serotonin released from the sensory presynaptic terminal, without there being any change in the responsiveness of the postsynaptic serotonin receptors.
The possibility that serotonin in excess produces schizophrenia is greatly weakened, nevertheless, by the fact that a compound very closely related to lysergic acid diethylamide interferes with serotonin oxidation even more and yet produces no hallucinations.
They contain monounsaturated fats to keep your arteries clear, as well as levels years of precursors of serotonin to boost mood.
Serotonin, phenylethylamine and oxytocin which is the one responsible for the bonding between a mother and her baby.
Over the years, he helped Rachel handle a notoriously difficult boss and steered her toward research on selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors before anyone had heard of Prozac.
Researchers tell us that Prozac or one of the other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors can increase the amount of serotonin in our brains, and we may feel better.
State-of-the-art Khumalo combat biotech runs some charming custom extras, notable among them a serotonin shutout system that improves your capacity for mindless violence and minute scrapings of wolf gene that give you added speed and savagery together with an enhanced tendency to pack loyalty that hurts like upwelling tears.
Wolf gene pack dynamics, serotonin shutout and Envoy psychosis to pilot the whole fucking shambles.
At the same time it was necessary to speculate as to how transient changes in neurotransmitters such as serotonin, or the flow of calcium ions across the synaptic membrane, might in turn trigger the specific synthesis of the new proteins that long-term memory demanded.
The ultrasonics produced by the tactile pigments operated directly on the hypothalamus, promoting sudden changes in serotonin concentrations and levels.
They’ve been treating it as they would catatonia, or schizophrenia—giving them a serotonin dopamine complex, limbic stimulants .
One part of it would be a drug cocktail, a mixture of protein-synthesis enhancers, including even amphetamines and chemical relatives of strychnine, and then transmitters like serotonin, glutamate receptor sensitizers, cholinesterase, cyclic AMP, and so on.