Re:Dr. LSD to Steve Jobs: How was your trip?
by kanshaku on Thursday July 09, 2009 @09:00PM
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"it's impossible to overdose or cause brain damage of any sort."
I really don't think that's true. Excitotoxicity is a distinct possibility. 5-HT2A and 2C agonists enhance glutamatergic currents. Glutamatergia involves calcium cation influx into neurons. Calcium cations promote the release of proteolytic enzymes - and other catabolic enzymes - which damage the cytoskeleton and destroy mitochondria releasing reactive oxygen species into the cytosol.
I really don't think that's true. Excitotoxicity is a distinct possibility. 5-HT2A and 2C agonists enhance glutamatergic currents. Glutamatergia involves calcium cation influx into neurons. Calcium cations promote the release of proteolytic enzymes - and other catabolic enzymes - which damage the cytoskeleton and destroy mitochondria releasing reactive oxygen species into the cytosol.