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1. Seroton in acts as a ne urotransmitter, a type of chemical that helps relay signals from one area of the brain to another. Although serotonin is manufactured in the brain, where it performs its primary functions, some 90% of our serotonin supply is found in the digestive tract and in blood platelets.
The role of serotonin production in the gut. Serotonin in produced and stored in massive quantities by enterochromaffin cells in the wall of the gut. Compared to other cells lining the gut, these cells express a much higher density of special receptors that enable them to 'sense' bacteria.