Media Summary: In this video, I discuss a few of the ways In this video I discuss the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid, or GABA. GABA is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in ... How alcohol acts on the central nervous system to produce intoxication is still poorly understood. In this video, I attempt to ...

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In this video, I discuss a few of the ways In this video I discuss the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid, or GABA. GABA is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in ... How alcohol acts on the central nervous system to produce intoxication is still poorly understood. In this video, I attempt to ... Benzodiazepines are commonly used to treat anxiety disorders and sleep disorders. They are thought to exert their effects in the ... Ketamine is an anesthetic, analgesic, antidepressant, and recreationally used drug. In this video, I discuss hypotheses about how ... Watch now on PsychU: Hear from Chip Meyer, Ph.D., a Medical Science Liaison with Otsuka Pharmaceutical ...

Caffeine is the most widely-used mind-altering substance in the world. Although it's not completely clear how caffeine causes the ... The periaqueductal gray, or PAG, is an area of gray matter that surrounds the cerebral aqueduct in the brainstem. Although it is ... Glutamate is the primary excitatory neurotransmitter of the human nervous system. It is an amino acid neurotransmitter that ... The nucleus accumbens is located in the basal forebrain, and is the major component of the ventral striatum. Although it is best ... Researchers share the intricacies of findings presented at a Beta-endorphin (often simply called endorphin) is a peptide neurotransmitter and hormone and one of a class of substances ...

In this video, I describe the three main pathways of the anterolateral system: the spinothalamic, spinoreticular, and ... THC is the main psychoactive component of cannabis. In this video, I discuss the effects of THC on the nervous system. If you're ...

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