It is a common belief that male aggressive and sexual behaviour share many of the
underlying neurobiological, neurological, pharmacological and neuroendocrine …

Serotonin has widespread, but computationally obscure, modulatory effects on learning and
cognition. Here, we studied the impact of optogenetic stimulation of dorsal raphe serotonin …

Hallucinogens, including mescaline, psilocybin, and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD),
profoundly affect perception, cognition, and mood. All known drugs of this class are 5-HT 2A …

Serotonin is involved in a wide range of mental capacities essential for navigating the social
world, including emotion and impulse control. Much recent work on serotonin and social …

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been used to treat various psychiatric
disorders. Although the cellular mechanisms underlying amelioration of particular symptoms …

Since our review of central 5-HT receptors and their function twenty years ago, no new 5-HT
receptor has been discovered and there is little evidence that this situation will change in the …

Brain serotonin (5-HT) deficiency and exposure to psychosocial stress have both been
implicated in the etiology of depression and anxiety disorders, but whether 5-HT deficiency …

Distortions of self-experience are critical symptoms of psychiatric disorders and have
detrimental effects on social interactions. In light of the immense need for improved and …

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are the most widely prescribed antidepressant drugs.
However, they exhibit a slow onset of action, putatively due to the initial decrease in …

The serotonergic system is implicated in the neurobiological control of learning and memory,
both in healthy individuals and pathological disorders, although the underlying mechanisms …