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jana · 02-07-2010, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by mrsD

Readers here on this thread may find this book interesting and helpful:

The Second Brain, by Dr. Michael Gershon:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/23/health/23gut.html

Serotonin is really a major player in the activity of the gut.

Mrs. D, this makes a LOT of sense. My grandmother was Bi-polar -- serotonin problems (???) -- two of her daughters and at least two of her granddaughters have IBS. We aren't depressed in the head "brain, but we must be in the gut "brain".