Posted by Racer on November 19, 2006, at 14:32:35
In reply to Re: CLEVER ONES!..NEED INFO ON BRAIN NEUROTRANSMITTERS, posted by linkadge on November 19, 2006, at 9:00:40
> I can't really say anything. The first thing you need to know is that the monoamine hypothesis is just a hypothesis. Contrary to popular belief, there have been no consistent findings of disturbed serotonergic etc functioning in mood disorders.
Latest I've seen were studies showing impaired *turnover* of serotonin in some areas of the brain. In other words, there's a "normal" amount of serotonin available, but there's a much lower amount of serotonin being produced, which implies a lower amount of serotonin being used.
But, despite that, you're right -- the whole monoamine theory is pretty recursive: "since these drugs make more of the monoaminic neurotransmitters available, then too little of them must cause the problem the drugs treat."
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