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GABA and Glutamate

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GABA is the brain's main inhibitory neurotransmitter and glutamate is its main excitatory one.

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Anti-anxiety medications increase GABA activity, lowering the overall firing rate of anxious circuits.

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Inhibition is not shutdown. Precise inhibition is what makes any coordinated pattern possible.