they're kind of dumb because they just take in information. And when they get enough, they pass it on to the next neuron. And those make up about 80% of your neurons. But the other 20% are called inhibitory neurons. And they're the real brains of the system because they control the timing and the flow of information. You can't just have signals passing on without any kind of breaks in the system. So they're kind of like the bouncers at the bar. And if you, you know, take them out of the picture, you have chaos. So fentanyl being a really powerful opioid, it binds onto these mu-opioid receptors, which in inhibitory neurons shuts them down. So they can no longer do their job. And also in the context of not having enough oxygen, the hippocampus just can't keep up with the metabolic demands and cells start to die. So, and this is known that fentanyl does this, that it interacts with the mu-opioid receptors in this way. So that's not really a question. Then you have to ask, well, is it (32/37)
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