And Breathe...Welcome to Calm Club
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And Breathe...Welcome to Calm Club
The role of the neurotransmitter orexin in anxiety disorders with Dr Harry Fagan
In this episode we talk to Dr Harry Fagan, Academic Clinical Fellow (ACF) in General Adult Psychiatry at the University of Southampton and his work researching anxiety disorders and especially about the role of the neurotransmitter orexin in anxiety disorders and whether drugs which block the orexin system might help people with anxiety disorders.
If you want to know any more about the study or the research in general, please contact Dr Fagan via email h.fagan@soton.ac.uk.
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