In the study, researchers examined the brain function of animals with epilepsy to distinguish between neuronal death caused by excitotoxicity versus hypoxia. (sciencedaily.com)
The main objective of the LMN is to advance our understanding of the role of glutamate, as a transmitter substance in the normal brain and as a mediator of excitotoxicity in pathological conditions such as stroke. (cmbn.no)
The brain can also be severely damaged when disease or injury — especially stroke — causes neurons to repetitively fire, flooding brain tissue with toxic levels of the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate, a condition known as excitotoxicity. (sciencedaily.com)