Researchers have shown that serotonin directly stimulates dermal papilla cells and promotes hair growth in lab-grown hair ...

Humans need to produce serotonin since it has an impact on both the body and the brain. A neurotransmitter and hormone, ...

Antidepressants can interfere with how the body cools amid hot temperatures meaning some people can be susceptible to heat exhaustion or heatstroke ...

Contemporary research has brought psychosis out of the dark, transforming our relationship to it from one of fear and ...

Researchers found that psilocybin, from psychedelic mushrooms, extended cell lifespan and helped aging mice live longer and ...

A drug used for Parkinson's disease has been shown to be effective in reducing the symptoms of difficult to treat depression, ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an urgent warning about tianeptine – a substance marketed as a dietary ...

The drug in this class that’s used to treat depression is called vilazodone (Viibryd). It works by balancing serotonin levels and other neurotransmitters.

Busting stigma is no small task, especially when it involves convincing the public that a psychedelic drug might one day be ...

A new study has found that psilocin—a compound produced in the body after consuming psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms—extended the lifespan of human skin and lung cells in the ...

Serotonin syndrome is a preventable, drug-related complication that results from increased brain-stem serotonin activity, usually precipitated by the use of one or more serotonergic drugs.