Serotonin is one of the many chemicals that helps the gut to contract properly to produce peristalsis, the "milking" motion that moves your food from your mouth to your posterior. In addition, it is one of the chemicals in your gut responsible for the transmission of pain sensations up your spinal column to be perceived by your brain. Serotonin is found in the brain as well, but of the eight receptors specially designed to attach to serotonin, numbers 3 and 4 are in the gut, 1 and 2 are in the brain. The different drugs used for serotonin-related diseases, which include migraines and depression, as well as IBS, work solely on their designated receptors.
Serotonin is one of the many chemicals that helps the gut to
contract properly to produce peristalsis, the "milking" motion that
moves your food from your mouth to your posterior. In addition, it
is one of the chemicals in your gut...
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Dr. Patricia Raymond answered:Serotonin is one of the many chemicals that helps the gut to contract properly to produce peristalsis, the "milking" motion that moves your food from your mouth to your posterior. In addition, it is one of the chemicals in your gut responsible for the transmission of pain sensations up your spinal column to be perceived by your brain. Serotonin is found in the brain as well, but of the eight receptors specially designed to attach to serotonin, numbers 3 and 4 are in the gut, 1 and 2 are in the brain. The different drugs used for serotonin-related diseases, which include migraines and depression, as well as IBS, work solely on their designated receptors.
