Table 1

Diseases potentially involving excitotoxicity

Type of Disease
Acute
 Seizure
 Ischemia/Stroke
 Hypoglycemia
Chronic
 Huntington's disease
 HIV encephalopathy
 Parkinson's disease
Metabolic
 Hyperammonemia
 Hyperglycinemia

A variety of diseases of all temporal courses have been suggested to have excitotoxic components. The present list is only a partial list of those disorders.