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.
Excitatory synaptic transmission uses a neurotransmitter called L-glutamate. This is a common amino acid used throughout the body to build proteins (it is also used as a flavour enhancer-mono-sodium glutamate!!!). However, in the CNS it is the major excitatory neurotransmitter.n addition to L-glutamate and GABA, there are a whole range of other neurotransmitters and their receptors (acetylcholine, dopamine, serotonin and many others) that also perform vital functions in the central nervous system, some of which are excitatory and some of which are inhibitory.