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Serotonin 5-HT2A Receptor

5-HT2A
Receptor Cns

A serotonin receptor involved in mood, impulse control and aggression. Androgen exposure shifts serotonergic signalling in animal work, which is the mechanistic case behind steroid irritability.

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2 connections

Serotonin 5-HT2A Receptor elevates

Serotonin Signalling

How strongly serotonin is signalling. The system most often named when 19-nor androgens are linked to impulse control, irritability and sleep. Almost all of the evidence is rodent work; nothing has been measured at these receptors in a human on these compounds.

Serotonin 5-HT2A Receptor expressed in

Limbic System

The emotional core of the brain, and androgen-receptor rich. This is where mood, threat response and aggression are set, and where steroid mental effects are thought to land.

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Serotonin 5-HT2A Receptor also connects to 1 entry in the applied modules, covering supplements, compounds, hormones and food sources. Those carry the mechanism and the evidence tier behind each link, and they are part of client coaching.

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