Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine, January 1st, 2008
A deficiency or excess of neurotransmitters such as serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine, phenylethylamine, melatonin, and histamine may contribute to the pathogenesis of many different health conditions, including depression, anxiety, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, bulimia, anorexia nervosa, insomnia, premenstrual syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and allergic or autoimmune diseases.
Studies have shown that modifying neurotransmitter levels can be of clinical benefit in certain disease states. For example, treatment with levodopa, which is the precursor to dopamine, improv...
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