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Recast: Understand How Your Brain Works with Dr. Andrew Huberman #338

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The Value of Supplementing Acetylcholine to Accelerate Attention

The real cocktail of neurochemicals for plasticity and attention is dopamine and acetylcholine. L-tyrosine, which is a precursor to ultimately a precursor to dopamine, just like L-tryptophan is pretty far up from serotonin. There aren't many things out there right now, but there are things in development. Norepinephrine drugs that work through these pathways include nichorettans or McIna purines. They can have serious side effects such as bicarbonate of soda (Nikoret) But I'm not shying away from the conversation because I'm trying what's out there.

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