A new study has uncovered how antidepressants affect different groups of serotonin-producing brain cells in opposite ways, ...
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 ...
SSRIs, like Prozac and Zoloft, are among the world's most-prescribed psychiatric drugs. These antidepressants help a lot of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
The obvious answer has been that it's because they selectively block the reuptake of serotonin. This explanation is appealing because of its simplicity; however, as is so often true of explanations ...