Dr. Jeff Livingston Dr. Livingston. 5 doctors agreed: Yes: Some of the medications that can be used in epidural and spinal anesthesia can cause itching in some patients. This is not hard to treat though. There are several medications that can be given for itching if it happens. ...Read more.
Glutamate is an excitatory relative of GABA. It is the most common neurotransmitter in the central nervous system - as much as half of all neurons in the brain - and is especially important in regards to memory. Curiously, glutamate is actually toxic to neurons, and an excess will kill them.
Glutamatergic system. Glutamate is the main excitatory neurotransmitter in the CNS. It is distributed so widely that it is impossible to talk about individual centres or projections. It plays an indispensable role in synaptic plasticity, i.e. the removal of old, unused synapses, potentiation of others and the formation of new synapses.