More than 95% of all serotonin in the human organism is produced and stored in the gut in specialized cells called Enterochromaffin cells, making the gut the largest store of this mood-modulating molecule.
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“more than 95% of all our serotonin we have in our organism is really produced and stored in the gut in specialized cells, so-called Enterochromaffin cells”
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7 dimensions of depression, explained | Daniel Goleman, Pete Holmes & more | Big Think— Big ThinkCreated: 8/10/2026, 11:14:16 PM
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