Lack Of Happiness Hormone Serotonin In The Brain Causes Impaired Maternal Behavior In Mice

A lack of serotonin, commonly known as the “happiness hormone”, in the brain slows the growth of mice after birth and is responsible for impaired maternal behavior later in life. This was the result of research conducted by Dr. Natalia Alenina, Dana Kikic, and Professor Michael Bader of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, Germany.

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Filed under: Endocrinology on June 25th, 2009