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- substances produced within the body (endogenous excitotoxins). Glutamate is a prime example of an excitotoxin in the brain, and it is also the major excitatory...
- glutamate receptors. It has been proposed to be a potential endogenous excitotoxin. In plants, proline ac****ulation is a common physiological response to...
- genus Combretum. Many plants in the former Quisqualis genus contain the excitotoxin quisqualic acid, a potent AMPA agonist. The family name comes from the...
- neuro-protective. [citation needed] In excessive amounts NMDA is an excitotoxin. Behavioral neuroscience research utilizes NMDA excitotoxicity to induce...
- potency than either glutamate or NMDA. It is a potent convulsant and excitotoxin and is used in scientific research. Lunn WH, Schoepp DD, Calligaro DO...
- Prin****l toxin in genus Coprinus. Ibotenic acid Potentially deadly Excitotoxin. Prin****l toxin in Amanita muscaria, A. pantherina, and A. gemmata....
- nonhistaminergic. Itch is readily abolished in skin areas treated with nociceptor excitotoxin capsaicin but remains unchanged in skin areas rendered touch insensitive...
- Domoic acid (DA) is a kainic acid-type neurotoxin that causes amnesic s****fish poisoning (ASP). It is produced by algae and ac****ulates in s****fish,...
- there are multiple mechanisms of action. Acutely, BMAA can act as an excitotoxin on glutamate receptors, such as NMDA, calcium-dependent AMPA, and kainate...
- (electrolytic lesions) to the exposed brain or commonly by infusion of excitotoxins to specific areas.[medical citation needed] Diffuse axonal injury is...