John Olney

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John Olney is a medical doctor and neuropathologist known for his work on brain damage. He coined the term excitotoxicity^[1] in his 1969 paper published in Science.^[2] Olney's lesions are named after him. In 1996 he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the United States National Academy of Sciences.^[3] He has campaigned for greater regulation of monosodium glutamate (MSG), aspartame^[4] and other excitotoxins for over twenty years.^[5]

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↑ Evers, M.; Hollander, E. (2008). "Excitotoxicity in Autism". Autism. pp. 133–145. doi:10.1007/978-1-60327-489-0_6. ISBN 978-1-60327-488-3.
↑ Olney JW (May 1969). "Brain lesions, obesity, and other disturbances in mice treated with monosodium glutamate". Science 164 (3880): 719–721. doi:10.1126/science.164.3880.719. PMID 5778021.
↑ Alumni interview. University of Iowa.
↑ "U.S. GAO - HRD-87-46 Food and Drug Administration: Food Additive Approval Process Followed for Aspartame, June 18, 1987". Retrieved 2008-09-05.
↑ Barinaga M (January 1990). "Amino acids: how much excitement is too much?". Science 247 (4938): 20–22. doi:10.1126/science.2294587. PMID 2294587.

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