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Excitatory neurotransmitters increase, and inhibitory ones decrease, while glial and other immune cells drive inflammation; the nervous system, unbalanced, magnifies and prolongs the pain.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2022

Excitatory neurons in the brain are often glutamatergic.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015