A new study has uncovered how antidepressants affect different groups of serotonin-producing brain cells in opposite ways, ...

SSRIs, like Prozac and Zoloft, are among the world's most-prescribed psychiatric drugs. These antidepressants help a lot of ...

Bupropion (BUP) is a dopamine (DA) and norepinephrine (NE) reuptake inhibitor that causes mild weight loss in obese adults. Subchronic (7 day) coadministration of selective DA and NE reuptake ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: TNXP) (Tonix or the Company), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today an exclusive ...

Some antidepressants, such as fluoxetine (Prozac), work by preventing neurons from vacuuming up the neurotransmitter serotonin from the gaps between brain cells—a process called reuptake. By doing so, ...

Although originally developed as an antidepressant, long-term bupropion (BUP) treatment was recently shown to cause 5–8% weight loss over placebo in clinical trials with obese adults. BUP's ...

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) work by increasing the levels of a substance called serotonin in the brain. Serotonin is a chemical messenger or a neurotransmitter. These messengers ...

In the nervous system, electrical signals are sent down a nerve cell (neuron) to a synapse that transmit the electrical signal from one nerve cell to another. Their main purpose is to limit the ...

Immediately following Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation as health secretary, President Donald Trump instructed his administration to assess the “threat” posed to children by the prescription of ...