Posted by RobinN58 on August 27, 2000, at 10:53:43
I had been taking an antidepressant medication that was supposed to affect serotonin levels. Could you help me understand a little better how serotonin works? Is it manufactured in the neuron and released at the receptor? I understand about the SSRI drug that it occupies the receptor site after serotonin leaves to prevent reuptake. What happens then? Is serotonin taken up by a different type of neuron at its receptor site? Is that how it gets used? Also, if no SSRI is present, does serotonin keep reattaching to the original receptor site, and then keeps getting spit out again until it eventually gets captured by the right neuron? Thanks for any light you can shed on this.
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