excitotoxicity

Functional Neurology: Chronic Excitotoxicity in Neurodegenerative Diseases Part 2

When compared to other central nervous system (CNS) health issues, chronic neurodegenerative diseases can be far more complicated. Foremostly, because… Read More

October 2, 2019

Functional Neurology: Chronic Excitotoxicity in Neurodegenerative Diseases

When compared to other central nervous system (CNS) health issues, chronic neurodegenerative diseases can be far more complicated. Foremostly, because… Read More

October 1, 2019

Functional Neurology: Glutamate Dysregulation and Excitotoxicity

Excitotoxicity is an acute insult that causes nerve cell death due to the excessive activation of iGluRs. Acute excitotoxicity plays… Read More

September 30, 2019

Functional Neurology: Other Molecules in Glutamate

Previous research studies suggest that L-aspartate, like L-glutamate, triggers excitatory activity on neurons. L-aspartate functions with L-glutamate in the synaptic… Read More

September 27, 2019

Glutamate Toxicity in Functional Neurology

The term excitotoxicity was first employed to demonstrate the capability of L-glutamate, in addition to structurally-associated amino acids, to destroy… Read More

September 26, 2019

NMDA Excitotoxicity in Functional Neurology

Excitotoxicity is a pathological mechanism seen in a variety of health issues where an excessive synaptic excitation causes neuronal death… Read More

September 23, 2019