Causes of Low Neurotransmitter Levels
Research has indicated several potential causes for the low levels of serotonin, norepinephrine, or dopamine:
- Molecules that help make neurotransmitters are in short supply
- Not enough receptor sites to receive the neurotransmitter
- Presynaptic cells are taking the neurotransmitter back up before it has a chance to reach the receptor cell
- Too few of the molecules that build neurotransmitters (chemical precursors)
- Too little of a specific neurotransmitter (for example, serotonin) is being produced
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