Animal Study Reveals New Target for Antidepressants

Published June 4, 2010

Animal Study Reveals New Target for Antidepressants
Antidepressants are not instant mood-lifters. But University of Michigan Medical School scientists have identified a key receptor in the brain that influences the effectiveness of serotonin-related antidepressants such as Prozac. Rather than activating all of the brain’s serotonin receptors, as current drugs do, their study suggests there’s just one critical serotonin receptor important to …