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kmud-190920-education-reeducation — Ray Peat Clip

This curated audio highlight features Ray Peat speaking in the interview kmud-190920-education-reeducation. The excerpt begins at 17:48 and runs for 1 minute 1 second.

Our chronic stress increases serotonin in the brain as well as several other tissues. If you make an animal unusually happy, comparing an average lab animal or one which has been tortured deliberately or one which has been put in a big vacation space with entertaining things to do, the one that is suffering from all kinds of mistreatment will have high cortisol and lower adrenaline usually. The cortisol is driven up by the corticotropic release hormone which is activated primarily by serotonin.