Tag: neurotransmission

This is the end of the series on neurotransmitters. Again, there are over 100 identified neurotransmitters.  These are just a few that are important to our upcoming discussion on specific mental illnesses. Glutamate We talked about GABA last time.  Glutamate is it’s opposite.  GABA inhibits and glutamate excites neurotransmission. ...

The 1990’s were known as the “Decade of the Brain.” As we all know, the brain is a very complex organ, and in the past 20 + years we have made huge strides in understanding parts that we never understood before.  George W. Bush declared the 1990’s the Decade...