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The function of serotonin in the brain, according to scientists like Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris of UCSF and Professor David Nutt of Imperial College London, may be to allow us to cope with adversity and stress. They hypothesize that there are two distinct subsystems of the serotonin (also known as 5-hydroxytryptamine or 5-HT) system in the brain, defined by their predominant receptor subtypes, 5-HT1A and 5-HT2A. This video aims to explain that hypothesis.
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The neuroscience of serotonin is complex. That’s why I’ve created a playlist on the neurobiology of the serotonin system. Link to the rest of the serotonin videos:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC92ipyM9i9KHYae5oW11LB97MyForNaA
Chapters:
00:00 Whenever you experience stress or adversity, you can either cope passively or actively.
00:16 The Carhart-Harris and Nutt Adversity hypothesis of serotonin’s function in the brain
00:54 This is the final installment in a playlist about serotonin
02:03 Part 1: The neural circuitry of anxiety and stress
03:45 Part 2: The role of 5-HT1AR in passive coping
04:25 Why we don’t freak out every time something irritating happens (1A predominance)
04:53 How the 1A receptor calms down the neural stress circuitry
06:05: Important caveat: THIS IS VERY MESSY
06:57 Part 3: The role of 5-HT2AR in active coping
07:10 The cortex is very important in active coping
07:46 The 2A receptor is highly expressed in the cortex and important in brain plasticity
08:23 Psychedelic drugs like LSD and psilocybin bind to 2A
08:58 Psilocybin can alleviate treatment-resistant major depression
11:10 2A binds serotonin more weakly than 1A
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12:01 Part 3: The bipartite model of serotonin brain function (Carhart-Harris and Nutt Adversity hypothesis)
12:29 Need an intro to synaptic transmission?
12:56 Summary
13:58 REMEMBER: This is a hypothesis, not a Theory.
14:30 Check out all my serotonin videos!
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