What: "Calcium is another factor in the glutamate GABA story. If glutamate is like a gun, then calcium is the bullet. Glutamate creates the scenario for excitotoxicity to happen, but the agent that actually destroys the nerve cell is the influx of calcium. The combination of excessive glutamate from any source and too much calcium is major."

Writer: Nancy Mullan MD

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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Aug 26 2013 6:06 PM