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Serotonin plays a role in many brain processes, including regulation of body temperature, sleep, mood, appetite and pain. Problems with the serotonin pathway can cause obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorders and depression. Serotonin also modulates the behavioral response to unfairness.[48] Most of the drugs used to treat depression today work by increasing serotonin levels in the… Continue reading How Alcohol Impacts the Brain Northwestern Medicine