What Is Glutamate? Glutamate is the most abundant neurotransmitter in our brain and central nervous system (CNS). It is involved in virtually every major excitatory brain function. While excitatory has a very specific meaning in neuroscience, in general terms, an excitatory neurotransmitter increases the likelihood that the neuron it acts upon will have an action […]
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Can Your Eyesight Affect Your Brain? The visual system, which controls eyesight, is the largest system in the brain and can directly affect many functions of thinking, memory and cognition. We acquire information about our environment through our senses and vision plays one of the most important roles in cognition. The visual pathways of the human
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What follows is a transcript for the podcast The Science of Light – Matt Maruca – Mitochondrial Health. Topics within the interview include: The effects of light on epigenetic expression How light drives mitochondrial functions The definition of “junk light” and how it impacts our health Full-spectrum light vs. natural light? Why circadian rhythms are
Introduction to Dopamine Dopamine is one of the main neurotransmitters in the brain. It is most commonly recognized for its role in reward, motivation, and pleasure, but also plays a crucial part in modulating focus, motivation, cognitive flexibility, and emotional resilience. In addition to these creative-productive capacities and states, dopamine is one of the main regulators
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The latest scientific research into oxygen training indicates it’s possible to maintain and even regain peak physical and cognitive performance.* Today, Mark Squibb, Founder of LiveO2, and creator of the patented LiveO2 Adaptive Contrast System technology, is here to help us understand why oxygen training is quickly becoming a go-to technique of neurohackers. Give us
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Expressing gratitude as a technique to boost mental health and interpersonal relationships is not a New Age fad; it’s a facet of the human condition that reaps measurable benefits to those who practice it. Long before the mindfulness movement of our modern era, gratitude was significant in ancient philosophies and cultures. Cicero, for example, cited
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Expressing gratitude as a technique to boost mental health and interpersonal relationships is not a New Age fad; it’s a facet of the human condition that reaps measurable benefits to those who practice it. Long before the mindfulness movement of our modern era, gratitude was significant in ancient philosophies and cultures. Cicero, for example, cited
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At Neurohacker our mission is to advance the human quality of life. We do that by supporting every element of human optimization and with skin being the largest organ in our body, we believe that it deserves significant attention. When it comes to radiant skin, we’ve got you covered. Today, Dr. Amy Killen, leading anti-aging
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“My eyes are always tired” …”My eyes hurt” …”I’m having a hard time focusing” …”My eyes feel dry and irritated” …”Things look blurry” High amounts of screen time cause the body to give us vision- and quite often posture-related feedback clues. It can also impact thinking and mood. Let’s focus on the visual system, because clues in this area are
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The vagus nerve could be likened to the queen of the parasympathetic nervous system — a.k.a. the “rest and digest” — so the more we can do things that “stimulate” or activate it, like deep breathing, the more we offset the effects of the sympathetic nervous system and reduce cortisol levels. Ideally, within your autonomic nervous system, the tug of
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