Excitotoxins
Subtitle: The Taste That Kills
Publisher: Health Pr
Published: July 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780929173146
Subjects: Neurology; Reference; Health/Fitness; Food And Beverage Additives; Neurotoxicology; Technology; Diet / Health / Fitness; Neurotoxic agents; Nervous system; General; Excitatory amino acids; Food Science; Degeneration
First sentence: The human brain is one of the most complex entities in the known universe.
Notes: CONTENTS:

The interior of the brain -- The brain stem -- The master gland and its control -- The electrochemical brain -- Synaptic transfer of information -- The blood brain barrier -- What is an amino acid? -- A lock and key -- Exciting cells to death -- Too much of a good thing -- The developing brain -- How excitotoxins work -- Brain cell energy analyzing research data -- The malleable brain : plasticity -- Protecting the developing brain -- Excitotoxins in food and the pregnant woman -- Endocrine effects children -- Truth in the sciences -- Neurological time bombs -- Designer drugs :  the big surprise -- Panalysis agitans : Parkinson's disease -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : Lou Gehrig’s disease -- Huntington's chorea -- The effect of normal aging -- What is Alzheimer’s disease? -- Microscopic changes seen in Alzheimer’s diseases -- Excitotoxins and Alzheimer-specific proteins -- Memory loss -- What causes Alzheimer’s disease? -- The hit men -- Other connections to excitotoxins -- Energy : the key to brain protection -- Getting glucose to the brain -- Failure of the gatekeeper : the blood-brain barrier -- Domoic acid : mussel madness -- Magnesium -- Cysteine -- Animal studies -- What should those with Alzheimer’s disease do? -- Seizures -- Headaches -- Brain injury -- Strokes : ischemia-anoxia -- Hypoglycemia -- Aids dementia -- Aspartame, brain tumors and the FDA -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 : hidden sources of MSG -- Glossary.
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