Serotonin and dopamine neurotransmitter systems in the brain are generally thought to function separately. In the presence of antidepressants that inhibit the reuptake of serotonin, however, their ...

Levels of dopamine and the placebo effect can determine whether patients with social anxieties improve when treated with SSRIs. A new study shows the effect was four times higher for patients with ...

Wellbutrin (bupropion) and Prozac (fluoxetine) are both antidepressants, but they belong to different families of depression-management medications. Wellbutrin is a norepinephrine-dopamine ...

Antidepressants are a class of medications used very commonly to treat depression. In fact, nearly 13 percent of people 12 and over in the U.S. used antidepressants in 2017, according to the ...

Dopamine reuptake inhibition and binding inhibition are linked to antidepressant-related cardiovascular adverse events (AEs), according to study results published in the Journal of Affective ...

College students have opportunities to bend or break the rules after leaving home. It can be dangerous for those who take antidepressants but drink and use cannabis.