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Thursday Fun Fact 5-30: GABA

Thursday Fun Fact 5-30: GABA

Groennfell Meadery
05/30/2019 1:00pm 0 minute read

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Thursday Fun Fact 5-30 - Groennfell Meadery - According to McGill University: Alcohol works by bonding to the receptor for GABA. GABA’s effect is to reduce neural activity by allowing chloride ions to enter the post-synaptic neuron. This physiological effect is amplified when alcohol binds to the GABA receptor, probably because it enables the ion channel to stay open longer and thus let more Cl- ions into the cell. Just in case you were wondering.

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