Biochemists? Dieticians? (3 Nov 97) Can anyone answer this question? What's the relation, if any, between the family of natural glutamates (neurotransmitters such as NMDA, arising in the striatum and subthalamic nucleus and considered neurotoxic when present in excess) and the popular "Chinese restaurant" condiment monosodium glutamate (MSG)? Cheers, Joe -- J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 3527 Cody Road Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013