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.
Parts of the Brain. Neurons & Synapses. The core component of the nervous system in general, and the brain in particular, is the neuron or nerve cell, the brain cells of popular language. A neuron is an electrically excitable cell that processes and transmits information by electro-chemical signalling.