>>11677147If you mean having a diet rich in these (and diverse) as opposed to having a diet of like one type of fat, then it's becaues of the magic of cell membranes..
neurotransmitters are released and received through endo-exocytosis...some lipids are much better at having positive or negative curvature to do so
ion channels and other proteins interact with specific lipid types
synaptic membranes act like capacitors, and the capacitance can be set by lipid composition.
Lipids in cell membranes organize into coexisting fluid phases, and actually try to stay near a "critical composition" (in the same univesality class as the 2D ising model!)
the ER/golgi/autophagosome membranes also have to have specific properties like bending rigidity, again set by lipid composition.
Why can statin overuse lead to brain fog? Sterols are really abundant in plasma membranes and regulate some of these things as well.
