Serotonin is a substance discharged in neurons, which are the nerve cells of the human body, they have an ingenious architecture and it is the unit through which the nervous flow passes, contained in the human body, about 100.00 million in the brain. Serotonin communicates through neurons and therefore is a nervous transmitter or neurotransmitter, it is responsible for the balance of mood, the lack of it causes depression, it is released through a biochemical conversion process, it is produced in the brain and intestines, but their largest amount is found in the gastrointestinal tract by 80%.
Its functioning in the human body is important, since it affects mood, such as social behavior, in recent studies it has been shown that it helps the capacity for patience, such as appetite, sleep, digestion, memory and on the level of desire or sexual libido as the performance of this in a person. The increase in serotonin in the body causes serotonin syndrome and if it decreases it is associated with depressive attacks. By transmitting signals between neurons, its performance is optimal by regulating its intensity in the central nervous system; as the production of nutrient- rich breast milk for the newborn, and in gestation it helps liver regeneration and cell division.
The most important organ and from which it benefits, is the brain since most of the cells are found there, which, as they are not in good working order, causes serotonin syndrome, which is the excessive stimulation of the central nervous system, which is normally caused by the consumption of illegal drugs, or when migraine medications and antidepressants are combined, producing agitation, confusion, diarrhea in some cases, tachycardia, poor vision when the pupil is dilated, excessive sweating, chills or high fevers, the muscles fail already Whether with flaccidity or rigidity of the muscles, headaches, seizures and loss of consciousness, to a greater degree its danger in the human body of this syndrome is death.
