title: Serotonin hypothesis of psychiatric disorders during HIV infection.
abstract: We are presenting a hypothesis which provides a neurobiological explanation for the aetiology of psychiatric disorders which are very common during the human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV). Understanding the neurobiological basis, and therefore providing an effective treatment for these psychiatric disorders, is very important since disturbed behaviours may facilitate the behaviour and risk factors which are crucially involved in spreading this infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Dursun
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Reveley
mesh_terms: D015526:AIDS Dementia Complex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D012701:Serotonin