https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/tags/real-time-neuroplasticity/Recent content in Real-Time Neuroplasticity on MindLAB Neuroscience — Draft ReviewHugo -- 0.156.0en-us2026 Dr. Sydney Ceruto — MindLAB NeuroscienceTue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/posts/glutamate-and-ocd/Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/posts/glutamate-and-ocd/<h1 id="glutamate-gaba-and-ocd--the-chemical-imbalance-that-keeps-your-brain-hyperactive">Glutamate, GABA, and OCD — The Chemical Imbalance That Keeps Your Brain Hyperactive</h1> <p><img alt="Cortical circuitry locked in a hyperexcitable firing state — Dr. Sydney Ceruto, MindLAB Neuroscience." loading="lazy" src="https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/images/posts/glutamate-and-ocd-hero.webp"></p> <p>The relationship between glutamate and OCD is fundamentally a story of cortical hyperexcitation. 7-Tesla magnetic resonance spectroscopy has detected elevated glutamate and reduced GABA in the anterior cingulate cortex of individuals with OCD. The imbalance produces sustained firing in cortico-striatal-thalamo-cortical loops — the circuits whose terminations a healthy brain can release.</p>