[dukey]

So it turns out the active ingredient in MSG, glutamate is actually a neurotransmitter chemical. According to wiki

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'G')lutamate is the most abundant excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian nervous system. At chemical synapses, glutamate is stored in vesicles. Nerve impulses trigger release of glutamate from the pre-synaptic cell. In the opposing post-synaptic cell, glutamate receptors, such as the NMDA receptor, bind glutamate and are activated. Because of its role in synaptic plasticity, it is believed that glutamic acid is involved in cognitive functions like learning and memory in the brain.

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dukey', 'S')o it turns out the active ingredient in MSG, glutamate is actually a neurotransmitter chemical. According to wiki$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'G')lutamate is the most abundant excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian nervous system. At chemical synapses, glutamate is stored in vesicles. Nerve impulses trigger release of glutamate from the pre-synaptic cell. In the opposing post-synaptic cell, glutamate receptors, such as the NMDA receptor, bind glutamate and are activated. Because of its role in synaptic plasticity, it is believed that glutamic acid is involved in cognitive functions like learning and memory in the brain.

[frankthetank]

I thought MSG is found in tomatoes?

[dukey]

the glutamate in tomatoes is probably bound to other proteins, rather than free to cause havoc

[outcast]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') thought it was bad enough people willingly took shots with mercury (a known neurotoxin) in them.

[sjn]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('outcast', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') thought it was bad enough people willingly took shots with mercury (a known neurotoxin) in them.

[Chuckmak]

where can i find more of it? i'm all about brain cell destruction.

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dukey', 'S')o it turns out the active ingredient in MSG, glutamate is actually a neurotransmitter chemical.

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'N')o. Truthfully. I have watched my politically correct friends, the ones who drive prius's's ask for "no msg, please" and then I've walked back into the kitchen and watched their dishes being cooked and I see, first hand, the way the cooks add EXTRA MSG to the food--just for yucks! they never knew what slapped em'.

[jasonraymondson]

2NaCl + CO2 + H2O ?

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', '2')NaCl + CO2 + H2O ?

[Tyler_JC]

We need more smart biochemistry-minded people like SPG on this site.

[jasonraymondson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', 'W')e need more smart biochemistry-minded people like SPG on this site.

[frankthetank]

You know what works awesome for brains? Liquor. After a couple shots of rum i am truly a different person God i wish i could be drunk 24/7... (hangovers kill it for me).

[outcast]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'M')athematics isn't really a higher function, it's a intrinsic facility of the brain, some are just more able than others to directly tap into it. Ever wondered why mathematical geniuses often never seemed all that smart in other ways? Idiot savants?

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('frankthetank', 'Y')ou know what works awesome for brains? Liquor.

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('sjn', 'M')athematics isn't really a higher function, it's a intrinsic facility of the brain, some are just more able than others to directly tap into it. Ever wondered why mathematical geniuses often never seemed all that smart in other ways? Idiot savants?

[dukey]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')hat's certainly true, BUT it's not just as simple as swallowing a neurotransmitter excites your brain. First off glutamate is an amino acid. Any time you eat protein you are eating glutamate along with a host of other amino acids. What's important for brain chemistry is how much of that glutamate makes it from your gut, to your blood, across the blood brain barrier, into the neurons, and then gets re-excreted into the synapse causing neural excitation. It should be rather obvious that process is regulated because we don't see people going into seizures every time they eat Chinese food or running around acting like they're on meth. It's the same reason that depression can't be treated by giving someone a big tablet of serotonin.

[outcast]

Looking that up I found this in relation to that study.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')hile many people believe that monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the cause of these symptoms, an association has never been demonstrated under rigorously controlled conditions, even in studies with people who were convinced that they were sensitive to the compound