Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors second-generation effects

Once armed with this understanding, pharmaceutical researchers went back to their labs and developed molecules capable of replicating these effects. Adjusting the structure of the molecules and submitting these new compounds to various tests, they produced the second generation antidepressants, the SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors as their name indicates, they selectively inhibit the reuptake of serotonin from the synapse back into the neuron from which it was originally released) and several others. 

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