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And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by SSRIs which when you

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say it fast enough kind of sounds like you're saying the accessorize yeah [Man visiting doctor wearing lots of jewelry]

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All right SSRIs are used to treat which ailment and here are your potential

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answers...... Okay in order to answer this question we

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should probably figure out what SSRI stands for and as much as we think the [Hand turning up a fun factor button]

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fun factor of this question could be seriously increased by pretending it

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stands for Spock's special rock and roll Institute it actually stands for [SSRI abbreviation written on notepad]

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selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors boring we know, so which answer deals

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most closely with serotonin well in order to answer that we really need to [Serotonin, glutamate and gaba taking mug shots]

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take a look at this serotonin character who is he what makes him tick what sort

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of job does he do in the brain and what kind of diseases could he be linked to [Serotonin molecule floating in space]

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and what's his favorite breakfast all right serotonin is a neurotransmitter

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associated with mood it's often considered to be the primary contributor

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to feelings of well-being and happiness something most the Detroit Lions fans [Detroit Lions fan sitting alone]

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know little about sorry guys there's a whole bunch of serotonin located in our

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gastrointestinal tract regulating intestinal movements got plenty of it [Screen displaying mans gastrointestinal tract]

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well you're probably feeling good got too much of it well maybe you're feeling

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really good or maybe you're feeling bad because it just had an excess serotonin [Boy standing with excess serotonin levels]

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gastrointestinal accident in your pants As a neurotransmitter however we're just

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going to focus on the stuff happening outside the pants and inside the brain [Boy using a toilet cubicle]

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and when we recognize that serotonin is most closely linked with mood our answer

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becomes clear it's D; depression a lack of serotonin is associated with

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depression so selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors increase synaptic

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levels of serotonin by blocking the reabsorption of extra serotonin at the

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receptor site when it's released funny how too much of something that makes you [Girl eating lots of tacos]

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feel so good can make you feel so bad in the intestinal region, come to think

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of it serotonin is basically Taco Bell [Taco Bell employee approaches girl]

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