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It acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, especially in the spinal cord, brain stem and retina
[17] Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and other herpes viruses : Epstein-Barr and other herpes viruses, which I have often found as precursors to Hashimotos and autoimmune disease in my clients health timelines, can lead to a depletion of lysine, one of the key amino acids required for the body to produce carnitine
A 2015 Neurology study found L-Carnitine improved Alzheimers patients cognitive function
Acknowledgments We thank Haiyan Yu, Xiaomin Zhao and Yuyu Guo from Core Facilities for Life and Environmental Sciences of SKLMT (State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University) for the assistance in LSM900 Super Resolution Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope analysis
Patients with improved NCT-B scores were significantly more common in the carnitine group (n = 18) than in the control group (n = 9) (p = 0.03)