[Conductor71]

Hmmm...I noticed after taking Chinese Skullcap today (along with a few other anti-inflammatory herbals) that I was off the charts with the dyskinesia today. I swear I've lost at least three pounds in water weight since 8:30 am this morning! I was reading the new post on its anti-inflammatory qualities and noting how well it seems be working with a wayward tooth thhat started causing pain. Pain is gone and I have too much dopamine all of a sudden... I've hit the PWP lottery

I started looking into how Skullcap interacts with our neurotransmitters when it just hit me...all of the anti-inflammatory herbals discussed here lately are also MAO inhibitors that prevent dopamine reuptake and leave our brains with a little more to go on. I find this interesting that the herbals ease the chronic inflammation, show neuroprotective properties, and all are MAO Inhibitors?
This is why TEVA is pushing the Azilect studies on neuroprotection. So this is something you probably have discussed or some here may already have the answer? How is it that MAO inhibition is neuroprotective? In other words, by inhibiting it, do we naturally stimulate or enhance neurons we have left? Grow more? I am sure this has to be covered somewhere....

Laura