DrVirgo
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If serotonin is responsible for "impulse control", why do people with mania have an INCREASED Serotonin level???
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| study_ing
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with brain neurotransmitters this is one point u have to be very careful with...DO NOT generalise..
in anxiety, catecholamines rise, in depresion they fall...yet most pts have both...that is y psycho drugs are so vague 9not just for medical students) but the scientific community at large!!
the way i resolve my confusion is LOCALISATION ...remember when u give the drug exogenously it goes nonspecifically everywhere. eg dopamine has atleast 4. levadopa for parkinsons meant for the nigrostriatal pathway , yet it produces side effects for all the other pathways too
mania i guess will be similar...dont remember the pathways etc at all...sorry.. cant specifically explain
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| DrVirgo
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Ok, I'll just remember there is an increased serotonin in mania...
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| Cedrick
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Thanks for the research guys
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