Swallowing triggers serotonin release

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Scientists find fruit flies have sensor in oesophagus that triggers feel-good hormone

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Researchers from the University of Bonn in Germany and Cambridge in the UK conducted a study on fruit fly larvae that have fewer neurons than the 100 billion in the human brain.

They found that special sensors in the larvae’s oesophagus triggered a release of serotonin, the hormone associated with pleasure when they swallowed food.

This mechanism encouraged continued eating.

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