Andrew Huberman· PhD
If you have acetylcholine released from the brainstem, acetylcholine released from nucleus basalis and epinephrin, you can change your brain.
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If you have acetylcholine released from the brainstem, acetylcholine released from nucleus basalis and epinephrin, you can change your brain.
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if you get these three things, if you can access these three things of epinephrin, acetylcholine from these two sources, not only will the nervous system change, it has to change. It absolutely will change.
And it turns out, the answer is a very straightforward neurochemical answer. And the first neurochemical is epinephrine, also adrenaline.
If you can access these three things of epinephrine, acetylcholine from these two sources, not only will the nervous system change, it has to change. It absolutely will change.
If you have acetylcholine released from the brainstem, acetylcholine released from nucleus basalis, and epinephrine, you can change your brain.