Estradiol (E2) shown to be neuroprotective in those with microglial excitotoxicity diseases, such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. this study looked at a rat model. The effect was not through inhibition of NF-kappaB, but through MAP kinase.
Testosterone is known to provide anti-inflammatory signaling in men. This study, inhibition of mitochondrial complex I (coQ dependent) resulted in lower testosterone in rat models. One of the major side effects of statin therapy is poor memory and brain fog. Hmmm.
High dose vitamin E, in doses up to 2,000 IU, in patients with Parkinson, Alzheimers and tar dive dyskinesia found to be safe and somewhat effective in these disease states in older individuals. The length of the studies reviewed were up to 2 years.
progesterone shown to have neuroprotective and healing properties in the CNS. This has implications in Stroke, and possibly even excitotoxic disease such as Parkinson's, Alzhemier's...
This study finds that AGE, advanced glycation end products, play a significant role in free radical generation and neurodegenerative disease.
Quote: "... pharmacologoical approaches which break the vicious cycle of oxidative stress and neurodegeneration offer new opportunities for the treatment of AD. These approaches include AGE- inhibitors, antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory substances which prevent radical production." They focus on the pharmacological, how about the natural first?
Under certain conditions, glutamate has a toxic action resulting from an activation of specific glutamate receptors, which leads to acute or chronic death of nerve cells.