Excitotoxins The Taste That Kills

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION 1
● 1: A CRASH COURSE IN HOW THE BRAIN WORKS 9
- THE INTERIOR OF THE BRAIN 13
- THE BRAIN STEM: THE GATEWAY TO THE BRAIN 18
- THE MASTER GLAND AND ITS CONTROL 19
- THE ELECTROCHEMICAL BRAIN 20
- SYNAPTIC TRANSFER OF INFORMATION 22
- PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER 24
- THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER: PROTECTING THE BRAIN 25
- CONCLUSION 27
● 2: VERY SPECIAL AMINO ACIDS 28
- WHAT IS AN AMINO ACID? 30
- A LOCK AND KEY 34
● 3: EXCITING CELLS TO DEATH 40
- EXCITOTOXINS: TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING 41
- EXCITOTOXINS AND THE DEVELOPING BRAIN 43
- HOW EXCITOTOXINS WORK 45
- EXCITOTOXINS AND BRAIN CELL ENERGY 56
- ANALYZING RESEARCH DATA 59
- THE MALLEABLE BRAIN: PLASTICITY 71
- PROTECTING THE DEVELOPING BRAIN 76
- EXCITOTOXINS IN FOOD AND THE PREGNANT WOMAN 81
- ENDOCRINE EFFECTS OF EXCITOTOXINS: HORMONES 87
- DO CHILDREN GET ENOUGH EXCITOTOXINS IN THEIR
DIETS TO CAUSE PROBLEMS? 91
- TRUTH IN THE SCIENCES 94
- CONCLUSION 97
● 5: CREEPING DEATH: THE NEURODEGENERATIVE
DISEASES 99
-NEUROLOGICAL TIME BOMBS 99
-DESIGNER DRUGS: THE BIG SURPRISE 107
-PARALYSIS AGITANS: PARKINSON’S DISEASE 111
-AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS: LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE 128
- HUNTINGTON’S CHOREA 135
● 6: ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: A CLASSIC CASE OF
EXCITOTOXIN DAMAGE 143
- THE EFFECT OF NORMAL AGING 144
- WHAT IS ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE? 149
- MICROSCOPIC CHANGES SEEN IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE 151
- EXCITOTOXINS AND ALZHEIMER-SPECIFIC PROTEINS 153
- MEMORY LOSS IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE 154
- WHAT CAUSES ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE? 156
- THE HIT MEN OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE 161
- OTHER CONNECTIONS TO EXCITOTOXINS 162
- ENERGY: THE KEY TO BRAIN PROTECTION 165
- GETTING GLUCOSE TO THE BRAIN 169
- THE GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER SYSTEM OF THE BRAIN 170
- DEFECTIVE ENERGY PRODUCTION IN ALZHEIMER’S NEURONS 175
- FAILURE OF THE GATEKEEPER: THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER 178
- DOMOIC ACID: MUSSEL MADNESS 184
- MAGNESIUM AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE 187
- CYSTEINE: ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR
NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES 193
- WHAT DO ANIMAL STUDIES TELL US ABOUT HUMANS? 195
- WHAT SHOULD THOSE WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE DO? 198
● 7: OTHER NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS RELATED TO
EXCITOTOXINS 203
- SEIZURES 203
- HEADACHES 209
- EXCITOTOXINS AND BRAIN INJURY 215
- STROKES: ISCHEMIA-ANOXIA 217
- HYPOGLYCEMIA 221
- AIDS DEMENTIA AND EXCITOTOXINS 222
- ASPARTAME, BRAIN TUMORS, AND THE FDA 223
- CONCLUSION 227
CONCLUSION 228
● 8: UPDATE 235
- PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS NUTRITIONAL PROTECTION 236
- FURTHER IMPROVING BRAIN FUNCTION NUTRITIONALLY 250
- STABILIZING THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER 253
- WHAT DID THE FASEB REPORT REALLY SAY? 258
APPENDIX I 264
HIDDEN SOURCES OF MSG
GLOSSARY 266
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 271
NOTES 272