What is the most common neurotransmitter?
1 Answer
Glutamate is the most common neurotransmitter.
Explanation:
Glutamate is an excitatory (it stimulates) neurotransmitter. It is involved in cognitive functions - such as learning and memory and plays an improtant role in the regulation of growth cones (an extension of a neuron projection that seeks a synapse) and synaptogenesis (the formation of synapses) during brain development.
Glutamate is also used by the brain to produce GABA - the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in our central nervous system (responsible for regulating neuronal exitability and muscle tone).
Interestingly, Glutamate can actually be toxic to the body in high quantities.
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