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Serotonin booster leads to increased functional brain connectivity, shows study

Cognitive deficits accompany mood disorders and other psychiatric conditions, often with debilitating effects. Limited treatments currently exist, but studies in animals and humans have pointed to drugs such as the laxative prucalopride that activate serotonin receptors as a potential therapeutic for the symptoms. It has remained unclear, however, how the medication affects resting brain activity.
Susannah Murphy Cameron Carter Catherine Harmer University Of Oxford Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience

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Existing drug used to treat constipation may boost people's ability to think more clearly

The development of drugs to treat cognitive problems in patients with mental illness may be a step closer after a team of researchers discovered that an existing drug - used to treat constipation - may be able to boost our ability to think more clearly.
United Kingdom Emily Henderson University Of Oxford Dr Susannah Murphy Senior Research European College Of Neuropsychopharmacology European College

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