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Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature

Many ads for SSRI antidepressants claim that the drugs boost brain serotonin levels. Lacasse and Leo argue there is little scientific evidence to support this claim.

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Autores principales: Lacasse, Jeffrey R, Leo, Jonathan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1277931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16268734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020392
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spelling pubmed-12779312005-11-08 Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature Lacasse, Jeffrey R Leo, Jonathan PLoS Med Essay Many ads for SSRI antidepressants claim that the drugs boost brain serotonin levels. Lacasse and Leo argue there is little scientific evidence to support this claim. Public Library of Science 2005-12 2005-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC1277931/ /pubmed/16268734 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020392 Text en Copyright: © 2005 Lacasse and Leo. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature
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title_full Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature
title_fullStr Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature
title_full_unstemmed Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature
title_short Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature
title_sort serotonin and depression: a disconnect between the advertisements and the scientific literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1277931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16268734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020392
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