Posted by linkadge on December 10, 2006, at 15:06:56
In reply to Re: neurotransmitter tolerance/poop out downregulation, posted by blueberry on December 10, 2006, at 14:44:15
Poopout will always occur. Tollerance goes down to the cellular and mitochondrial level. The brain only has so much cellular energy. You can throw all the neurotransmitters around, but in the end the nerve cell can only fire so often. Demanding more of it that it has may just kill it off.
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