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That-Group-7347 OP t1_jbnnc2p wrote

That was something that was know for decades. They don't know exactly what role serotonin plays in depression. Within the last few months they just published a paper about how they have been able to for the first time have been able to measure serotonin in the human brain. It even showed that people who were depressed showed lower levels of serotonin. This will bring new research to find exactly the role of serotonin plays in depression and hopefully develop more effective medications. That study you referred to also left out the fact there are other neurotransmitters involved including norepinephrine and dopamine. Ruoxinlin works on all 3 neurotransmitters. The only medication to do this so far has been nefazodone (weak SNDRI due to low effect on dopamine).

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BuyNo4013 t1_jbngk6j wrote

Interesting understanding of “gender-affirming”, I had to read twice to understand that scientists are considering “affirming” to transition from the birth gender.

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SuspiciousStable9649 t1_jbm5yzx wrote

Similar rocks on earth to what Perseverance is studying were run through similar test equipment to what Perseverance is using and the similar equipment couldn’t see life. (Perseverance will probably need Mars samples with more life to see life.)

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sojayn t1_jblqn40 wrote

Thank you so very much for this. Beyond the pure beauty of it, the “what happens?”, I had no idea about the medical application and now can reverse engineer my knowledge of that field a little.

Fascinating to see the intersection, and I am grateful for you all for taking the time to show me.

Stay safe all of you, just watched the fairly inaccurate Radioactive movie about M Curie and don’t want any of you sleeping with glowing heterocyclic vials on your pillows!

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