Assertion: serotonin | /r/CapableOf | cross the blood-brain barrier
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value: generally
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: And even more interesting: These two pools of serotonin never mix because serotonin doesn’t cross the blood-brain barrier.
text: Serotonin can’t cross the blood-brain barrier, but the precursor to serotonin can.
text: Serotonin itself can’t cross the blood-brain barrier and enter the brain to exert many of its effects, whereas tryptophan and 5-HTP can.
text: But, serotonin doesn’t cross the blood-brain barrier.
text: But since serotonin can’t cross the blood-brain barrier, it has to be synthesized in the brain from scratch.
text: Serotonin generally doesn’t cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB), meaning that the levels of serotonin in the blood don’t necessarily match up with the levels of active serotonin in the brain.
text: doesn’t make any sense, since serotonin can’t cross the blood-brain barrier.