Use of illicit* drugs or misuse of prescription drugs can make driving a car unsafeâjust like driving after drinking alcohol. Drugged driving puts the driver, passengers, and others who share the road at risk. Photo by Â©iStock.com/Joshua Sowin.
NEUROTRANSMITTERS are the brain chemicals that communicate information throughout our brain and body. They relay signals between nerve cells, called âneurons.â The brain uses neurotransmitters to tell your heart to beat, your lungs to breathe, and your stomach to digest.
The neurotransmitter serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) mediates a wide range of physiological functions by interacting with multiple receptors, and these receptors have been implicated as playing important roles in certain pathological and psychopathological conditions.