Alcohol addiction, substance abuse, heavy drinking and alcoholism are serious problems that affect millions of people. Addiction is a chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits leads to characteristic biological, biochemical, psychological, social and spiritual manifestations that is reflected in an individual pathologically pursuing reward and/or relief by […]
Glutamine is the most abundant amino acid in the body, and one of the few amino acids that can cross the blood–brain barrier serving as fuel for the brain, muscles, intestinal lining and white blood cells. The most relevant glutamine-producing tissue is muscle mass, which accounts for approximately 90% of all glutamine synthesized. Glutamine is […]