Editing Excitatory synapse (section)

====Treatment====

:Excitotoxic mechanisms are often involved in other conditions leading to neuronal damage, including [[hypoglycemia]], [[trauma (medicine)|trauma]], [[stroke]], [[seizure]]s, and many neurodegenerative diseases, and thus have important implications in disease treatment.  Recent studies have been performed that incorporate glutamate [[receptor antagonist]]s and excitotoxic cascade disruptors in order to decrease stimulation of postsynaptic neurons, although these treatments are still undergoing active research.<ref name="Biochemical Pharmacology">{{cite journal |title=Novel treatment of excitotoxicity: targeted disruption of intracellular signalling from glutamate receptors |author1=M. Aarts |author2=M. Tymianski |date=2003-09-15 |doi=10.1016/S0006-2952(03)00297-1 |volume=66 |issue=6 |journal=Biochemical Pharmacology |pages=877–886 |pmid=12963474}}</ref>