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Why is it considered too simplistic to say that disorders like depression are caused by too little serotonin or that schizophrenia is caused by too much dopamine?
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∙ 11y ago
It is too simplistic because not everyone who has too much dopamine or too little serotonin develops a disease, and because factors other than neurotransmitters influence those diseases.
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∙ 11y ago
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