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STRUCTURE:
FUNCTION:
- play a role in regulation of mood, sleep and cognition and memory
PATHYPHYSIOLOGY OF SCHIZOPHRENIA: the serotonin hypothesis
- The DOPAMINE hypothesis
- The SEROTONIN hypothesis
- The GLUTAMATE hypothesis
- The CANNABINOID hypothesis
The Serotonin hypothesis in schizophrenia attributes the negative symptoms of the disease to an overload of serotonin. These increased levels of serotonin reduce dopamine transmission in the forebrain, which is thought to cause negative symptoms.
Atypical neuroleptics target these negative symptoms by blocking this extra serotonin.
Parkinson's disease
dual selectivity for serotonin/norepinephrine
Pathophysiology of Depression- The role of serotonin