Posted by SLS on April 25, 2016, at 13:34:51
In reply to Serotonin too high in Social Phobia, posted by linkadge on April 24, 2016, at 18:59:45
> https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150617115327.htm
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> Interesting study.
Location, location, location.It matters less what the neurotransmitter is and more what the circuit is.
Just a thought:
Adding a SSRI to the system in the amygdala might simply be shaking things up such that a new equilibrium is forced. This would explain the "paradoxical" anxiety that sometimes occurs early in treatment. Compensatory adjustments are induced that result in neuronal dynamics that more approximate those of a healthy brain. This could explain why the same SRI drug can treat both depressive disorders and anxiety disorders. Brain function is no longer seen as a matter of global neurotransmitter "levels".
The more data that neuroscientists collect, the less they understand.
Science Daily is an excellent website.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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