Saturday 13 July 2024

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature; but he is a thinking reed. Blaise Pascal

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The smallest neurotransmitter, a molecule named glycine, turns out to be critical to our ability to relax. Glycine allows us to release the tension in our shoulders and rest our heads on a pillow at the end of the day. For our neurons, sensing a burst of glycine is akin to drinking chamomile tea and taking an Ativan.

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