PET scans help identify mechanism underlying seasonal mood changes
Friday, September 5, 2008 - 11:28
in Health & Medicine
Brain scans taken at different times of year suggest that the actions of the serotonin transporter - involved in regulating the mood-altering neurotransmitter serotonin - vary by season, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...
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