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Microbiology (GUT BIOME) with Elaine Hsiao

Ologies with Alie Ward

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How Does Satonin Really Make You Happy?

In the brain, its saratonin is a really important neur transmitter. It's only made from certain nerons, so very select few of neurons make it. And with anti depressens, there's this m way that when saraton gets secreted, it'll get re cycled andll get taken up by the cell that secreted it. So basically you've got more outside that will just keep activating the circuit. That's thought that's how anti depressens help to boost activity of these like reward and things, circuits that make you happy ultimately.

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