Brain Serotonin Enzyme Finding Might Explain Psychiatric Disorders.

AScribe Health News Service | July 8, 2004 | Copyright

Byline: Duke University

DURHAM, N.C., July 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have provided the first direct evidence in mice for the role of an enzyme that specifically controls the production of serotonin in the brain. Different versions of that serotonin enzyme have a major effect on brain levels of the chemical messenger, which has been linked to many basic behavioral and physiological functions including mood, emotion, sleep and appetite, the researchers reported in the July 9, 2004, issue of Science. The finding has major ...

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