Russell Blaylock, Excitotoxicity author, glutamate negative impact on hippocampus

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Russell Blaylock broke ground in the field of glutamate overactivity and it's negative impacts on hippocampus cells of the brain. They are rich in NMDA receptors which is activated by glutamate or aspartate. Excitotoxins causing Excitotoxicity was the descriptive term in his book of similar title.

Calcium is allowed to rush into the cell, and now we know from Cells, Gels, and the Engines of Life by Gerald H. Pollack, that will lead to condensing of intracellular proteins and reducing structured water zones - and water might leak out somewhere. Increased intracellular calcium also causes endocannabinoid release from the cell membrane which is anti-inflammatory initially and then breakdown products have inflammatory signaling. Calcium increase inside the cell also can cause overactivity in general of the cell, which can lead to cell death from excess metabolic waste build up, like lactic acid and other ROS chemicals.

Screenshots from the lecture tonight:

Mg+ blocks the calcium from entering the NMDA receptor. Magnesium deficiency will increase risks of overstimulation of NMDA receptors and the cells.

TNF-alpha and Immunoexcitotoxicity. ~ TNF-alpha leads to glutamate staying in synapses longer and not being broken down as much. Glutamate production from glutamine is increased also. Calming GABA receptors are reduced. These things all add to chronic neurodegeneration.

Acute Microglial Activation is seen in the brains of people with autism or Alzheimer’s dementia or after brain concussion. Overactivation increases after a second concussion and can last decades - remain overactive. Arachidonic acid is an inflammatory breakdown product from endocannabinoids released from the cell membrane.

The screenshots are from the webinar that was held tonight, mentioned in the post below:

Russell Blaylock, MD - IPAK-EDU Director's Science Webinar

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Chat links from the Russell Blaylock lecture - IPAK-EDU notes

• https://www.blaylockreport.com

• The Blaylock Health Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/blaylockhealthchl/videos

• Channel: Russell Blaylock M.D https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPvDn8vvYN6rk890faj8RMg/videos

• Quinolinic acid, https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/quinolinic-acid

“Quinolinic acid is a neuroexcitotoxic metabolite of L-tryptophan and an agonist of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors. Increased levels have been found in people with a variety of neurological diseases including AIDS (Heyes et al., 1992) and macaques infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (Smith, 1995). Quinolinic acid levels may be elevated in the CSF of animals with inflammatory nervous system disease. Therefore, they may be useful as a marker of inflammation and perhaps also as an indicator of prognosis (Smith, 1995).”

• Cerebrospinal Fluid, William Vernau, ... Cleta Sue Bailey, in Clinical Biochemistry of Domestic Animals (Sixth Edition), 2008, Viewable at: Quinolinic acid, https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/quinolinic-acid

• ‘Glyphosate and many other toxins are implicated via ER stress - see my opus "Autism is an Acquired Cellular Detoxification Deficiency Syndrome"‘ - James Lyons-Weiler https://www.longdom.org/open-access/autism-is-an-acquired-cellular-detoxification-deficiency-syndrome-with-heterogeneous-genetic-predisposition-2165-7890-1000224.pdf

Luteolin would be protective against excitoxicity per Russell Blaylock. Anti-senescents would also likely help. See quote below.

Curcumin or quercetin in a nano-formulation as they aren’t absorbed in the bioactive form otherwise was a recommendation. Thorne brand is one he trusts for supplements but there was another company I forget the name - it might be this company, with vegetable capsules as a plus. (oneplanetnutrition), otherwise not inexpensive and fairly small doses.

Russell Blaylock mentioned that gelatin is high in glutamate and is being used in a lot of supplement products but better to get the vegetable [cellulose] capsules. Glyphosate can also be in commercially raised animal products. Omega 3 fatty acids, diets high in fish, and vitamin D3 were mentioned as being protective.

Link I shared: "Naringenin, hesperetin, hesperidin, quercetin, fisetin, kaempferol, rutin, apigenin, luteolin, nobiletin, tangeretin, genistein, wogonin, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), theaflavin-3-gallate (TF2A), and procyanidin C1 possess potent antisenescence effects." https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40290-022-00444-w

Addition, Food sources of luteolin: Luteolin is a flavonoid "found in celery, thyme, green peppers, and chamomile tea," (18) and "chrysanthemum flowers, sweet bell [green/red/orange] peppers, carrots, onion leaves, broccoli, and parsley [7 8]. (21) Reference in Ground Ivy… post which has food sources for a few other phytonutrients too.

See page Phytonutrients on jenniferdepew.com for more food sources of some of the phytonutrients mentioned in the earlier antisenescence quote.

• Link shared by another attendee regarding the anti-inflammatory benefits of cardamom spice: Neuroprotective Effect of Cardamom Oil Against Aluminum Induced Neurotoxicity in Rats, https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2019.00399/full

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