Effects of Glutamate on the Brain for Fibromyalgia Patients

In MRI's of the brain, it showed increased levels of glutamate in the posterior insula of Fibromyalgia patients.

In patients with fibromyalgia, researchers found, pain decreased when levels of the brain molecule called glutamate went down.

The article says that this molecule was suspected to play a role in fibromyalgia because previous studies had shown that some brain regions in fibromyalgia patients appear to be highly excited. An article about Glutamate says that glutamic acid is involved in cognitive functions like learning and memory in the brain. So it definitely sounds like that would cause the fibromyalgia brain fog if the levels are at a toxic level, but it also says it affects pain levels by over exciting the nerves and cells.

At least these things show positive scientific evidence that Fibromyalgia is real, although techinically it could be said, it is "all in the mind" or rather "the brain" to be more specific. It's just that it isn't imaginary...it's real and involves the brain and chemicals that affect it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutamate