Most of the body's reserve of this neurotransmitter is stored in enterochromaffin cells in the digestive system, where it causes contractions.
An eponymous toxidrome named after this neurotransmitter can be caused by a variety of drugs such as tricyclic antidepressants, and the much more fun cocaine and MDMA. Symptoms include dilated pupils, tachycardia, tremor, and hypertension. Most of the body's reserve of this neurotransmitter is stored in enterochromaffin cells in the digestive system, where it causes contractions. Drugs that antagonize this neurotransmitter's receptors are used to combat nausea, especially in chemotherapy patients. Another class of drugs that increases the amount of this chemical in the brain is used as an anti- depressant. Brand name drugs such as Prozac and Zoloft do this by inhibiting it's reuptake by the presynaptic neuron. For ten points name this neurotransmitter derived from tryptophan and modulated by SSRIs.
An eponymous toxidrome named after this neurotransmitter can be caused by a variety of drugs such as tricyclic antidepressants, and the much more fun cocaine and MDMA.
{Serotonin }