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Past research shows that one class of antibiotics may have a similar action at GABA receptors.
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An example of an inhibitory neurotransmitter is GABA, which reduces energy levels and calms everything down.
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Drugs like Xanax and Valium (and other benzodiazopenes) increase GABA production in the brain, resulting in sedation.
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But all those drugs work by variations on the same brain mechanism, hitting the same GABA-A receptor that makes valium sedating.
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Mannish Gaba, an Indian fruit importer, complains that Afghan pomegranate farmers have only wooden boxes in which to pack their produce.
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It seems to stimulate overeating by speeding up production of a chemical messenger in the brain called GABA, or gamma-amino butyric acid.
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But they can test for it in other patients by watching how their spinal fluid acts on GABA in a laboratory setting.
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The GABA setting on the Zojirushi holds brown rice at 104 degrees for two hours before cooking it, making healthier rice dirt simple.
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By holding the rice at a low temperature for an extended period of time before cooking it the level of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) increases.
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All the older drugs turn on brain switches called GABA receptors, present in half of the 1 billion neurons in the brain, causing whole-head drowsiness.
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When combined with another molecule GABA stimulates us to eat.
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In other news, Colgate-Palmolive (nyse: CL - news - people ) says it struck a deal to buy the privately owned Swiss toothpaste company GABA Holding in order to build a bigger presence in the European toothpaste market.
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