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Re: mangesium doesn't have the neurotrophic effects... » linkadge

Posted by Larry Hoover on November 27, 2004, at 11:28:43

In reply to mangesium doesn't have the neurotrophic effects..., posted by linkadge on November 26, 2004, at 15:18:03

> I'm under the impression that magnesium doesn't have the neurotrophic effects that lithium does.
> Ie, does magnesium increase BDNF and NGF ??
>
> Is magnesium a serotonin autoreceptor antagonist ?
>
> I'm just wondering to what degree magnesium can substitute for lithium in my case.
>
>
> Linkadge

Substitute? Augment was how I was looking at it. Certain G-protein (second messenger) events at serotonin receptors require magnesium. Magnesium does have an indirect effect on BDNF, as far as I know.

Maybe you can take less lithium, and get magnesium benefits, too?

Lar

 

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