neurotransmitters

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Acetylcholine (ACh)

Enables muscle action, learning, and memory;

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Dopamine

Influences voluntary movement, learning, attention, and emotion;

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Serotonin

Affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal;

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Norepinephrine

Helps control alertness and arousal;

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GABA

Inhibitory neurotransmitter; natural tranquilizer involved in calming you down; undersupply linked to seizures, tremors, and insomnia.

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Glutamate

Excitatory neurotransmitter involved in memory;

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Endorphins

Influence the perception of pain and pleasure;

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Substance P

Involved in pain transmission; and

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aceytlcholine

oversupply linked to paralysis (Black Widow venom).

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aceytlcholine

undersupply linked to Alzheimer’s disease and

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Substance P

undersupply linked with pain insensitivity

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Substance P

oversupply linked to Hyperalgesia (chronic pain), PTSD, IBD, and arthritis.

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GABA

undersupply linked to seizures, tremors, and insomnia.

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Norepinephrine

oversupply linked to anxiety/mania.

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Norepinephrine

undersupply linked to depression and

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Dopamine

oversupply linked to schizophrenia.

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Dopamine

undersupply linked to Parkinson’s

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Seratonin

undersupply linked to depression.

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glutamate

oversupply linked to seizures and migraines.

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glutamate

undersupply linked to concentration problems

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endorphins

undersupply linked to depression

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endorphins

oversupply can make people anxious/wired.

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