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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.
EC cells are rich sources of serotonin in the gut. What we saw in this experiment is that they appear to depend on microbes to make serotoninâor at least a large portion of it, says Jessica Yano, first author on the paper and a research technician working with Hsiao.