Alcohol primarily interacts with two important neurotransmitters—gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate—as follows: ...

But if you become physically dependent on alcohol — after years of drinking heavily, for example — the constant ramping up of GABA can cause the brain to produce less of it, and glutamate ...

Alcohol’s sedative effects are also a result of its effects on the brain chemical glutamate, which is a stimulatory ...

When you’re drinking an alcoholic beverage, those alcohol molecules bind to GABA receptors and cause the sedative, relaxing effects of GABA to be enhanced. Scientists (including Nutt ...

So, when we heard about Sentia Spirits, an alcohol-free botanical drink that promises to give you a buzz without the booze, we knew we had to give it a proper taste test. What are Sentia GABA spirits?

As you down that cocktail, alcohol migrates through ... Your brain empties of those calming GABA receptors and floods with the stimulating glutamate, which can make you feel abnormally anxious ...