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Do oats (oatmeal) have anything to do with Serotonin?

I've heard there's a connection a couple times now (mostly tv) but when I try to find anything scientific online (or anything at all tying the two, for that matter) I come up empty. Anyone?

Answer

Not a specialist but I don’t know why it should. Theobromine in chocolate is a stimulant similar to Caffeine but I would not know about a compound in oats which is psychoactive nor has a related structure like neurotransmitters.