This usually occurs at the subconscious level, but it can surface into the conscious under certain circumstances, or be brought their intentionally. Using neuropeptides as cues, the bodymind network retrieves or represses emotions and behaviors elicited by previous exposure to stimuli. When a ligand alters a receptor, it either facilitates or inhibits a change in membrane potential, so affects which neural circuitry will be used, and therefore whether or not the emotion will be brought to consciousness (143). Emotional states are produced by the action of various ligands on their specific receptors, and the sensations experienced as an emotion or feeling are mechanisms for activating a p
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