Serotonin

Mary Broza "20 things you don't know about me __"

1. Where I hang out most of the time: I hang out in mostly in the intestinal wall, large constricted blood vessels,and the central nervous system.

2. I am responsible for: My responsiblities involve control of appetite, sleep, memory and learning, temperature regulation, mood, behavior, cardiovascular function, muscle contraction, and endocrine regulation.

3. I'm most similar to the drug: Probably antidepressants because we both help people regulate their moods.

4. My favorite activity is: I like to spend time influencing peoples moods, I like them to be happy.

5. I hate it when: I hate it when my person gets depressed because then I have to work extra hard to produce the right amount of seratonin and regulate their moods.

6. The best thing about receptor sites is: Receptor sites are a good place to hang out snd meet othe neurotransmitters. Also it's where i can control a lot of my persons emotions

7. When humans don't have enough of me: They suffer from depression and anxiety disorders

8. In a choice between robots or zombies: I would most likely choose zombies...just because i feel like they probably have more of a use for seratonin then robots..because robots dont really have emotions or need fir any of the things that I control in the body.

9. The sucky thing about being a hormone: The sucky thing about being a hormone is that you always have something to do. You cant take a break or your person will not be themselves at all. You never get a vacation and are completely responsable for you persons emotions.

10. A really strange fact about me: I was first recognized as a powerful vasoconstrictor occurring in blood serum.

11. My favorite food and why: I have a lot of favorite foods... I don't really have a favorite.

12. I once dated a synapse, but it fell apart because: I was too preoccupied with my job.

13. Sleep is awesome because: When my persons sleeping is regulated I know I'm doing my job.

14. A neuron walks into a bar and says: Hi to the other neurons ?

15. When humans have too much of me: They can develop [|serotonin syndrome]. This means they will suffer from fever, myoclonus, coma, seizures, cardiovascular collapse, or death. It's very serious.

16. Who is your favorite neuron? Probably dopamine... I feel like we have the most in common.

17. What do you like to do in your free time? Hang out with other neurons and explore the central nervous system.

18. What's worst part about your job? I never get a break.

19. If you could trade places with another neuron for a day who would it be? I would probably choose endorphins because they seem like they have a lot of fun.

20. Do you like being a neuron? It could be worse. But sometimes I wonder what it would be like to get out and explore the world.

Five status updates that show what you do, typical stuff, unusual stuff, give details about life as a neurotransmitter 1. Exploring the central nervous system. 2. Making people happy. 3. Spending time with my neuron friends. 4. Went on vacation... I came back realized people were depressed with out me. 5. Too tired to do my job today... my persons depressed and forgetting everything they need to do.

Images, minimum of five, all need to be fully captioned with explanations of what is going on, of course please put the url underneath, videos are great too. Delete these instructions once you are fully done. This is me just hanging out. This is me hanging out with dopamine.

These are all my pathways through the brain.

I'm so important this person got me tattooed to themselves.

Just showing some relationships between me and other neurons.