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Alcohol and the Gaba System
Gaba stands for Gamma Aminobituric Acid and it's the protein which forms the neuro receptor that modulates your energy. Alcohol activates this Gaba system but also has all these effects that we don't like like hangovers becoming clumsy. Those are coming from effects on other brain systems, is that right? Yes, alcohol initially touches the Gaba system and gives you that sense of social lubrication that we want. But it also goes on to activate pretty much every other neuro receptor including Glutamoylgusol ( glutamate) It actually tends to depress or suppress glutamate. And at the same time it also, it's almost like you're reducing the energy source within
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