Wednesday, March 12, 2008

HOW IS FIBROMYALGIA LINKED TO GLUTAMATE?

INDICATIONS FOR TAKING LYRICA?

In patients with fibromyalgia, researchers found, pain decreased when levels of the brain molecule called glutamate went down.

The molecule glutamate is a neurotransmitter, which means it conveys information between neurons in the nervous system. When glutamate is released from one neuron, it diffuses across the space between cells, and then binds to receptors on the next neuron in line and causes the cell to become excited, or to be more active. [...]




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Posted by Antonio Howell, M.D. at 3/12/2008 11:45:00 AM

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