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Ep 85 Alcohol: Beer for Thought

This Podcast Will Kill You

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Is Ethenal a Sedating Drug?

Ethenal acts on so many different receptors in a lot of ways that are very complex, and we don't fully understand them. But what we do know is that a large part of the effect that ethenal has is on a specific receptor in our brain called or gaba receptors. And if you think in very basic terms of our brain as having both excitatory, like stimulatory, and inhibitory pathways, excitatory ones making you alert and vigilant,. and inhibitory ones being more sedating or more calming.

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