October Brain Facts

2. Your brain depends on the balance of excitatory and inhibitory neurons. Too much inhibition will stop signals in their tracks before they get to their destination. Perfect excitation (where one neuron triggers two, which trigger four, and then eight, and so on) leads to electrical storms and seizures. Modern research on the brain suggests that healthy functionality depends on walking the line between these two extremes.

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