Surplus of serotonin receptors may explain failure of antidepressants in some patients

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 12:56 in Health & Medicine

An excess of one type of serotonin receptor in the center of the brain may explain why antidepressants fail to relieve symptoms of depression for 50 percent of patients, a new study from researchers at Columbia University Medical Center shows.

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