Definition of Serotonin:
by the American HeritageŽ Dictionary.
NOUN:
An organic compound, C10H12N2O, formed from tryptophan and found in animal and human tissue, especially the brain, blood serum, and gastric mucous membranes, and active as a neurotransmitter and in vasoconstriction, stimulation of the smooth muscles, and regulation of cyclic body processes.
Sounds very complicated doesn't it? Well that is because it is. Nonetheless, Serotonin may lay at the basis of OCD and is therefor an important piece of the puzzle that will need to be solved and at first, understood.
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About Serotonin
"This section tries to address, in a manner that will be understandable to non scientists, what serotonin is, what we think it does, and why we study it."
