Addressing the serotonin hypothesis of depression through analyses of genetics, methylation and metabolite variations in glioma patients [PDF]
Scientific ReportsSerotonin and serotonin metabolism has for decades been understood as playing a critical role in mood disorders and has more recently also been implicated in brain tumour biology.
Wendy Yi-Ying Wu +3 more
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Drug-associated serotonin syndrome in elderly patients: a comprehensive disproportionality analysis based on the FAERS database [PDF]
Frontiers in PharmacologyBackgroundThis study aims to identify drugs associated with serotonin syndrome in elderly patients by utilizing the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS), to provide evidence-based references for safe clinical medication practices.MethodsThis study ...
Xiaozhi Li +11 more
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Serotonin syndrome: a clinical review of current controversies [PDF]
Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 2020 Serotonin syndrome is a state of increased central and peripheral serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) activity. Unless recognized and treated early, serotonin syndrome can lead to seizures, shock and death.
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Plasma Serotonin and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023 Background Platelet‐poor plasma serotonin levels are associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Although plasma serotonin levels increase in chronic kidney disease, the cardiovascular implications remain unknown.
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Targeting SERT promotes tryptophan metabolism: mechanisms and implications in colon cancer treatment
Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, 2021 Background Serotonin signaling has been associated with tumorigenesis and tumor progression. Targeting the serotonin transporter to block serotonin cellular uptake confers antineoplastic effects in various tumors, including colon cancer.
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Serotonin Syndrome/Serotonin Toxicity [PDF]
Federal Practitioner, 2020 This review of serotonin syndrome or serotonin toxicity covers the years 2014 to 2019, including information on pathophysiology, etiology, and diagnosis, 3 criteria for diagnosing serotonin syndrome, and criteria for neuroleptic malignant syndrome.The review highlights the potential lethal combinations of commonly prescribed medications used to treat ...
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DNA methylation of the serotonin transporter gene in peripheral cells and stress-related changes in hippocampal volume: a study in depressed patients and healthy controls. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Serotonin plays an important role in the etiology of depression. Serotonin is also crucial for brain development. For instance, animal studies have demonstrated that early disruptions in the serotonin system affect brain development and emotion ...
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The Effects of Serotonin in Immune Cells
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2017 Serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)] plays an important role in many organs as a peripheral hormone. Most of the body’s serotonin is circulating in the bloodstream, transported by blood platelets and is released upon activation.
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Biomolecules, 2023 Serotonin effects on cardiac hypertrophy, senescence, and failure are dependent either on activation of specific receptors or serotonin uptake and serotonin degradation by monoamine oxidases (MAOs).
Jonas Knittel +6 more
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Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 is an intermediate modulator of serotonin neurotransmission
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2011 Serotonin is a neurotransmitter with broad functions in brain development, neuronal activity, and behaviors; and serotonin is the prominent drug target in several major neuropsychiatric diseases.
Xiaohua eLi, Abigail ePolter
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