monoamine hypothesis

monoamine hypothesis

the classical theory of the neurochemical basis of depression linking it to a deficiency of at least one of three monoamine neurotransmitters: norepinephrine, serotonin, or dopamine.

mon·o·am·ine hy·po·the·sis

(mon'ō-ă-mēn' hī-poth'ĕ-sis) The classical theory of the neurochemical basis of depression linking it to a deficiency of at least one of three monoamine neurotransmitters, norepinephrine, serotonin, or dopamine.