Thus, RTX is an
excitotoxin that stimulates TRPV1 at low doses and desensitizes it at high doses.
(16) Lithium's ability to stimulate neural stem cell production may prove to be of significant benefit in individuals recovering from spinal cord injury and neurological injuries caused by severe trauma (TBI, traumatic brain injury), dietary and environmental
excitotoxins (mercury, aspartame, monosodium glutamate), and substance abuse.
Shaw, "Excitatory amino acid neurotransmission, excitotoxicity and
excitotoxins," Current Opinion in Neurology and Neurosurgery, vol.
Double dissociations of the effects of amygdala and insular cortex lesions on conditioned taste aversion, passive avoidance, and neophobia in the rat using the
excitotoxin ibotenic acid.
Behavioral disinhibition following basal forebrain
excitotoxin lesions: Alcohol consumption, defensive aggression, impulsivity and serotonin levels.
Domoic Acid (DA), a potent
excitotoxin produces hippocampal damage and functional lesions as seen in temporal lobe epilepsy.
But aspartame acts like an
excitotoxin, and
excitotoxins are dangerous.
MSG is an
excitotoxin that works by overstimulating its nerve target.
Gahring, "Inflammatory cytokines IL-1[alpha], IL-1[beta], IL-6, and TNF-[alpha] impart neuroprotection to an
excitotoxin through distinct pathways," Journal of Immunology, vol.
Increased production of the neuromodulator quinolinic acid, an
excitotoxin and N-methyl-D aspartate (NMDA) agonist, has been demonstrated in the CSF of patients with neurologic Lyme disease [143].
Increased lipid peroxidation during kindling is independent of iron salts and
excitotoxin. These results indicate that during kindling there was excessive oxidative stress pertaining as a consequence glutathione levels were depleted while combating oxidative stress (Schulz et al.
Because APM is an
excitotoxin, it stimulates the brain to destruction.
