Glutamate: A Biochemical Exciting Neurons for Better Memory and Learning
Optimizing this excitatory neurotransmitter can improve cognitive function and mental health, yet its dysfunction can cause severe health issues.
Watch Out for Glutamate Dysfunction!
Glutamate is a critical and paradoxical biochemical. In proper amounts and at the right times, glutamate can improve cognitive function, mental health, and physical performance. Excitement is a great feeling, but too much of it is not good for the body and mind.
Both excessive and deficient amounts can cause impairment of the cognitive, neural, endocrine, and immune systems, leading to severe neurological and mental health disorders, as I summarize in this article, linking to credible sources.
This post aims to briefly introduce glutamate as a critical amino acid and biochemical and highlight the severe impact of this neurotransmitter’s dysfunction in the brain and the nervous system. I introduced other neurotransmitters that interact with glutamate in previous articles.
Health conditions and lifestyle factors might cause glutamate dysfunction, as I will cover in the final section of this story. The critical contributors…
