*Fourth possible estrogen mechanism:  Increasing serotonin activity

    Another pathway estrogen might take in prohibiting schizophrenia is through serotonin receptors.  Researchers have found a decrease in the density of serotonin binding in schizophrenics, implicating a lack of serotonin activity as a possible cause of the disease (2).  One study has shown that estrogen treatment in rats that were previously castrated seems to benefit the serotonin transmitter system in their brain.  Possibly estrogen works its beneficial effects on the schizophrenic brain by increasing serotonin activity.
 

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