Six Neurotransmitters That Get Messed Up By Alcohol (E222)

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Glutamate, GABA, Dopamine, Norepinephrine, Serotonin, and the whole HPA axis (stress response). These are some of the important systems in your brain that get messed up when you blast your brain with alcohol all the time. Then when we quit drinking, these get even more messed up. In this episode you’ll learn what these 6 do, how alcohol messes them up, how they get more messed up when we quit drinking, and how long it takes for them to recover in sobriety. (TW: link between addiction and suicide when I discuss serotonin)

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Gillian Tietz. Six Neurotransmitters That Get Messed Up By Alcohol (E222). Sober Powered. 2024

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Sources:

1. Volkow, N., Fowler, J., Wang, GJ. et al. Dopamine in drug abuse and addiction: results from imaging studies and treatment implications. Mol Psychiatry 9, 557–569 (2004).

2. Becker, H. Mulholland, P. Neurochemical Mechanisms of Alcohol Withdrawal. Handb Clin Neurol. 2020