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Can acetylcholine leak away from the synapse and cause spasms?
"So no, Ach does not leak away under physiologiocal conditions "
I beg to differ. During times of psychological stress, after a physical injury or infection, these can interfere with ...
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Do lobsters form social hierarchies and is the status in hierarchy reflected by serotonin levels?
The paper Peterson cites about serotonin and lobsters explicitly contradicts him in two major ways. First, although serotonin plays a role in aggression across many species, its role is not the same ...
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