SSRIs are a group of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors that work to prevent the brain from reabsorbing serotonin, a key neurotransmitter.

SSRIs block this process of reuptake, which increases serotonin levels in your brain. That enables the brain to continue using serotonin to connect more dots as we go about everyday tasks.

Antidepressants don’t work, we often hear these days – except for roughly half of patients, for whom they provide significant ...

However, the available data suggests such guilt is not warranted. The panel failed to address the latest neuroscience behind depression, how antidepressants work in the brain and the biological ...

Implicit in their comments is the message that if what they misunderstand to be a prominent hypothesis about how antidepressants work–correcting low levels of serotonin in the brain–doesn’t ...

A new study has found that simply measuring a depressed person's brain activity using an electroencephalogram (EEG) can effectively indicate whether or not an SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake ...

Learning About the Gut and Depression However, the gut, like the brain, also produces serotonin, a chemical that regulates mood. Medicines categorized as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs ...

Like all drugs, SSRIs carry both risks and benefits. But research shows that the benefits to pregnant patients outweigh the risks of the SSRIs, as well as the risks of untreated depression.