Andrew Huberman· PhD
One common example would be something like alcohol, drinking alcoholic drink or two will increase GABA transmission, ironically will lower your social inhibitions by increasing your neurochemical inhibition.
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One common example would be something like alcohol, drinking alcoholic drink or two will increase GABA transmission, ironically will lower your social inhibitions by increasing your neurochemical inhibition.
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alcohol increases gaba in the brain and that has the effect of kind of dumping down your brain activity and reducing things like anxiety and slowing your motor function and generally inhibiting the flow of electrical impulses across your brain