BBC - Science & Nature - Human Body and Mind - Root of obsession - The Diigo Meta page

• 20 Apr 16
  

  sscott2014
  • The causes of obsessions and compulsions could lie deep in the brain
  • An imbalance in the neurotransmitter, or brain chemical, serotonin could also be to blame.

  • Serotonin is thought to be involved in regulating everything from anxiety to memory to sleep.
  • some receptors are thought to block serotonin from entering the cell.

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• 18 Jun 10
  

  haydee sampiano

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• 26 Feb 09
  

  Cristina Estrada
• 13 Sep 07
  

  Adam Bohannon

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