The neurotoxicity of glutamate, dopamine, iron and reactive oxygen species: Functional interrelationships in health and disease: A review — discussion

@article{Smythies2009TheNO,
  title={The neurotoxicity of glutamate, dopamine, iron and reactive oxygen species: Functional interrelationships in health and disease: A review — discussion},
  author={John Smythies},
  journal={Neurotoxicity Research},
  year={2009},
  volume={1},
  pages={27-39}
}
  • J. Smythies
  • Published 1 March 1999
  • Biology
  • Neurotoxicity Research
The fact that glutamate, dopamine, iron and reactive oxygen species are potentially individually highly neurotoxic molecules is well known. The purpose of this review is to examine the less well known complex ways in which their normal biological, as well as their neurotoxic activity, are interconnected in relation to fundamental neuronal functions. These functions include synaptic plasticity (formation and removal of synapses), endocytosis-based recycling of receptors for neurotransmitters and… 
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