Altering Serotonin Levels Changes Monkey Behavior and Status 

I am the lowest serotonin monkey that ever existed

Look at all these neuropharmacologists in the comments section

It seems that based on the video serotonin acts as some sort of mood regulator. I think those with low serotonin are more prone to mood swings and aggression, which makes sense since you would need to be more aggressive if your status was low. But the curious thing is how raising serotonin would increase status. Maybe this is because high serotonin allows for more social bonding and cooperation, which in turn would increase status.

Short term stress actually increases serotonin, but after time you get burn-out. Then you need to INCREASE serotonin. As in my life. It's non stop stress, as for my autistic son as well. Then again, dopamine is also very important. TOo much dopmaine is schizo, too little is parkinson, right? So where do we find the balance?

Anyone have a link to the full talk?

1:20 The alpha male has the highest serotonin 1:25 The guy at the very bottom has the lowest 1:37 Turns out the alpha male rarely fights 1:45 He uses social interactions to preserve his position 2:26 After a couple of weeks of increased serotonin, low level monkeys have their status go up 2:36 The other males don't notice, but the females notice it 2:42 The females immediately pick up, "there's something different about this guy" 2:50 The females start paying more attention to him and then the rest of the males follow 2:55 He then becomes the alpha male 3:00 The drug given to the monkey (to make him alpha) was Prozac 3:22 Scientists changed the social behavior of the monkey by changing its balance of serotonin 3:36 Low serotonin monkeys take risks 3:52 Low serotonin monkeys get into trouble 4:28 Low serotonin monkeys try to fight bigger monkeys but get beat up

This is fascinating. Riveting even

link to study ?

Where do I sign up?

So now I'm seeing videos on new studies saying high serotonin is now being linked to more depression fatigue and low motivation and now the new thing is keeping your serotonin lower and raising dopamine... SMH

Im glad i clicked on this video, i can warn people to be cautious when they take any kind of anti depressant. Please be informed about any drug you are about to use, serotonergics can leave permanent damage

A good way and a more sustainably effective way to raise and maintain the serotonin level is to help or pay the people who have helped you in the past. Including doctors, teachers, even the jailwardens and the detectives. Charity could work but giving thanks is more sustainably effective

jordan peterson brought me here

This confirm's Jordan Peterson's Lobsters, at least by dispelling every argument that relies upon, "Lobsters are too far removed from humans to try and compare their behavior", since well, primates are significantly closer than most. Discus?

Just saw this from your coursera lecture and wanted more info on it lol

Teknical Mark Mercury

It also reduce your empathy and make you feel flat, selfish and passionless. No thank you, I don’t want to be an alpha detached robot. SSRIs made me become conservative. One week after stopping them, I returned to my moderate progressive values because I was able to put myself in others’ shoes. Humans are emotional beings and we have to be emotionally invested in something to pursue it. On the other hand, SSRIs made me feel grateful and capable of see all the positive things around me. Not always a good thing because you need a little bit of dissatisfaction to improve your life and call people out when they wrong you so they alter their behavior. That is how we can evolve as a society. I’m happy to have them as a tool tho but only for temporary usage and when it’s so necessary. All range of human feelings have to be respected. They all can can have great impacts on your growth if we know how to channel them. Even fear and sadness. Using antidepressant made me appreciate my feelings so much and let them take their courses without obsessing about being happy all the time. I celebrated my first time I was able to cry after quitting antidepressant because I missed that therapeutic cry so much. I now know what toxic positivity means. Yes, we have the right to pursue happiness but we shouldn’t expect ourselves to be happy or grateful all the time. We’re not hardwared for that and it’s not good for us. I now see anxiety for what it intended for, our brain’s way of protecting us and preventing us from repeating previous mistakes. No wonder a lot of mass shooters were on SSRIs!

monoamines are a house of cards.

If you like lectures like this, then check out Robert Sapolsky.

It's the drug ecstasy it's also a naturally occurring neural transmitter, associated with the pineal gland.

give me a break!!!

the lecturer has medium to low serotonin

Neuron activation

@asdzxcp1 i took 5-htp and did notice a difference in female attraction towards me

hearing him say "we just don't yet know as much about it as" was hilarious :D

Why am I being suggested 11 yr. old information?

Voted down for wrong drugs

Everyone knows the smart guys, geeks or nerds run the world.

If you want to increase serotonin eat more turkey, or take tryptophan,,,

one word: psychedelic drugs

i'm such an alpha male

Unfortunately he talks about monkeys. Many studies have been done with humans which comes to different result. There are too many other factors for humans that play a role (including money).