Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2013 Jan;17(1):49-55.
This review was prepared with an aim to show role of serotonin in seasonal affective disorder. Seasonal affective disorder, which is also called as winter depression or winter blues, is mood disorder in which persons with normal mental health throughout most of the year will show depressive symptoms in the winter or, less commonly, in the summer. Serotonin is an important endogenous neurotransmitter which also acts as neuromodulator. The least invasive, natural, and researched treatment of seasonal affective disorder is natural or otherwise is light therapy. Negative air ionization, which acts by liberating charged particles on the sleep environment, has also become effective in treatment of seasonal affective disorder.
本综述旨在展示血清素在季节性情感障碍中的作用。季节性情感障碍，也称为冬季抑郁症或冬季忧郁症，是一种心境障碍，在这种障碍中，大多数时候精神健康正常的人会在冬季出现抑郁症状，或者在夏季较少见。血清素是一种重要的内源性神经递质，也作为神经调质发挥作用。治疗季节性情感障碍最无创、自然和研究最多的方法是自然或非自然的光疗。通过在睡眠环境中释放带电粒子来起作用的负空气离子化，在治疗季节性情感障碍方面也变得有效。
