Biologists studying mice have unexpectedly found that the well-known brain chemical serotonin also controls the secretion of milk within mammary glands.
Serotonin is one molecule that nerve cells use to communicate with each other. The drug fluoxetine, or Prozac, and related antidepressants appear to work by influencing serotonin chemistry in the brain.
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