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CELL. A small room in a prison. See Dungeon.

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However, the amount of melatonin produced in the GI tract by enterochromaffin cells is 400 times greater than that produced by the pineal gland.
Melatonin & irritable bowel syndrome
Yadav and colleagues were the first to show that serotonin produced by the enterochromaffin cells of the duodenum inhibits bone formation and that targeting tryptophan hydroxylase-1 (Tph-1), the rate-limiting enzyme in serotonin synthesis might be an effective strategy to promote new bone formation.
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Stimulation of the vomiting center can occur from the release of serotonin from enterochromaffin cells in the gastrointestinal tract by chemotherapy.
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It is thought that CT stimulates enterochromaffin cells to release serotonin, and that serotonin then promotes the release of the secretagogue vasointestinal peptide from intestinal neural networks (40).
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"LX1031 acts locally on enterochromaffin cells in the GI tract to inhibit tryptophan hydroxylase, the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of serotonin," explained Dr.
Serotonin synthesis inhibitor improves IBS symptoms
Serotonin (5'-hydroxy tryptamine; 5-HT) is a bioamine, which is synthesized from L-tryptophan mainly in enterochromaffin cells of the gastrointestinal tract and central nervous system.
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