serotonin

noun

1. 血清素，五羟色胺（神经递质，亦影响情绪等）
   a chemical in the brain that affects how messages are sent from the brain to the body, and also affects how a person feels

1. 血清素
   Serotonin is a chemical produced naturally in your brain that affects the way you feel, for example making you feel happier, calmer, or less hungry.

1. The drug works by increasing levels of serotonin in the brain.
   这种药物通过提高大脑中血清素的含量来产生疗效。
2. Physical touch can increase serotonin levels.
   身体的接触会使血清素水平上升。
3. Their scans showed women have more serotonin receptors than men.
   他们的扫描显示女性比男性有更多的血清素接受器。
4. Serotonin helps regulate dopamine.
   血清素帮助调节多巴胺。
5. The neurotransmitter serotonin, for example, is thought to produce feelings of calmness, relaxation, and contentment.
   神经递质羟色胺，被认为能产生镇静、放松和知足的感觉。
6. The first is the length of the serotonin transporter gene, which influences emotion.
   其一是血清素传输基因的长度，它可以决定人的情绪性格。
7. When levels are low, we seem to crave sweets and carbs, which raise serotonin and improve mood.
   当它的含量降低时，我们似乎就会渴望糖和碳水化合物，因为它们能提高血清素含量并改善情绪。
8. The gene, apparently, has no effect on brain cells that make serotonin.
   这个基因，显然对制造复合胺的脑细胞不会有影响。
9. LSD may act by inhibiting the action of serotonin.
   致幻剂LSD的药效就是抑制了血清素的作用。
10. He could just as easily have too much dopamine as serotonin.
    比起复合胺，他会更容易有多巴胺。
11. Because depression and anxiety both involve, among other things, an imbalance of the neurotransmitter serotonin.
    因为忧郁和焦虑等一类病症都与神经传递素复合胺的失衡有关。
12. They report finding no link between the serotonin transporter gene and the risk of depression.
    他们的报告发现复合胺运载体基因和抑郁的风险之间没有联系。
13. Have you tried one of those new drugs that regulates your brain's serotonin levels?
    有种新药能调整你脑子里的血清素，你试过吗？
14. Some cases of depression are apparently caused by reduced amounts or activity of serotonin in the brain;
    有些抑郁症明显因脑中血清素量减少或其活性降低所致；
15. If Adam has serotonin storm, it's deadly.
    如果亚当有复合胺就死定了。
16. There are two main classes of antidepressant used for treating cataplexy-the Tricyclic antidepressants and the Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors.
    主要有两种类别的抗抑郁药用于治疗猝倒-三环抗抑郁药和选择性血清素再吸收抑制剂。
17. The result may help to explain illnesses associated with low serotonin levels such as depression and obsessive compulsive disorder.
    该研究结果也许能有助于解释抑郁症和强迫症（ocd）等与低血清素水平相关的疾病。
18. Researchers have identified transporters for most neurotransmitters, such as serotonin, dopamine and glutamate.
    研究人员已经确定了大多数神经递质转运蛋白，如血清素、多巴胺和谷氨酸盐。
19. Lucas says caffeine is also associated with regulation of dopamine and serotonin, chemical neurotransmitters linked to mood and depression.
    卢卡斯说，咖啡因也和巴多胺、血清素，以及传导讯号的神经递质互为作用，对心情和抑郁状况发生影响。
20. The gene is a transporter of serotonin, a brain chemical involved with mood and desire for food.
    这个特定的基因是血清素的运输者，是大脑中的一种与情绪和食物产生欲望的化学物质。
21. The areas of serotonin neurotransmission that we are interested in are in the brain regions associated with inhibitory control.
    我们感兴趣的血清素神经传递区域位于和行为克制有关的脑区域。
22. The mediation of immune activation on serotonin and glutamate systems in pathological process of depression
    免疫激活对抑郁症谷氨酸和五羟色胺系统的调节
23. Studies have shown that smiling releases endorphins, natural pain killers, and serotonin.
    研究显示，微笑能生成内啡肽、天然的镇痛物质和复合胺。
24. The researchers point to the closeness of the areas of the brain associated with serotonin and oxytocin.
    研究人员指出大脑跟血清素和催产素关联的临近区域。

noun

1. a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory

   Synonym:    5-hydroxytryptamine