We have investigated the role of mitochondrial calcium buffering in excitotoxic cell death. Glutamate acts at NMDA receptors in cultured rat forebrain neurons to increase the intracellular free ...
The fatigue that comes from performing demanding mental tasks may stem from a buildup of the neurotransmitter glutamate, according to research published today (August 11) in Current Biology. Mental ...
Glutamate is one of the principal neurotransmitters in the brain, but in excess can be highly neurotoxic. In September Nature Medicine Takahiro Takano and colleagues from the New York Medical College, ...
A systematic review and meta-analysis from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of ... medications are a class of drugs that target the glutamate neurotransmitter system in the brain.
A genetic mutation found in two human patients with schizophrenia also increased schizophrenia-related behaviors in mice with ...
Past research has shown that autism is often associated with an imbalance in two key neurotransmitters: GABA, which inhibits brain activity, and glutamate, which excites it. The balance between ...