it may help to add precursors of glutamate (the things your body uses to make it) to your diet or supplement regimen. Some precursors include: Before you start new supplements or make significant ...

Medically reviewed by Beth Thomas, PharmD Glutamine is the most common amino acid (a building block of protein) in the blood.

In neonatal mammals, arginine is synthesized in the enterocyte, with either proline or glutamate as the dietary precursor. We have shown several times in piglets that proline is the only precursor ...

We have investigated the role of mitochondrial calcium buffering in excitotoxic cell death. Glutamate acts at NMDA receptors in cultured rat forebrain neurons to increase the intracellular free ...