Excitotoxicity

noun

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Noun

1
The continuous stimulation of a nerve cell by a neurotransmitter, especially by glutamates uncountable

Synonyms

excitoneurotoxicity neuroexcitotoxicity

Etymology

From excito- + toxicity.

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