Andrew Huberman· PhD
As many of you know, one of the major ways that depression has been treated over the last decades, is through the administration of something called SSRI, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, which have the net effect of increasing levels of serotonin at synapses. SSRIs are somewhat controversial because in many people, they do alleviate certain symptoms of depression, but they often carry side effects because serotonin is used in multiple circuits throughout the brain.