This chapter explores how brain chemicals such as glutamate and GABA affect neurons, learning, sleep, behavior, and brain function, highlighting the importance of maintaining a balance of these chemicals.
You’ve heard of adrenaline, oxytocin and cortisol, but what about glutamate and GABA?
And how much do you really know about the chemicals coursing through your brain?
On All in the Mind this week, we take a whistle stop tour through your brain to learn how various chemicals influence our behaviour.