Learning About GABA – Part 1
Channel: Hypersomnia Foundation
Date: 2019-01-11

What is GABA? And how does it affect hypersomnia? We are very pleased to announce a new two-part video series by neuroscientist Amanda Freeman, PhD, of Emory University, which describes, in layman’s terms, exactly how y-aminobutyric acid, better known as GABA, affects sleep. Although there are 5 wake-promoting transmitters in your brain, Dr. Freeman explains that there is only one neurotransmitter system that promotes sleep – GABA. And research suggests that, with respect to GABA-related hypersomnia, the problems with wakefulness may be due more to excessive activity of GABA, rather than to a defect in the brain’s wake-promoting transmitters.

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