Synaptotoxicity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being synaptotoxic countable, uncountable

    "Compared with vehicle-treated controls, rapamycin protected against the tau-induced neuronal loss, synaptotoxicity, reactive microgliosis and astrogliosis, and activation of innate neuroimmunity."

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"Compared with vehicle-treated controls, rapamycin protected against the tau-induced neuronal loss, synaptotoxicity, reactive microgliosis and astrogliosis, and activation of innate neuroimmunity."

Etymology

From synapto- + toxicity.

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