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excitatory::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | excitant, excitative |
| Derivation | excite |
Examples of excitatory
excitatory
The team further showed that Npas4 is activated by excitatory synaptic activity.
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Depending on the type stimulus, a neuron can be either excitatory or inhibitory.
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In 2007, an excitatory GABAergic system was described in the airway epithelium.
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Glutamate is one of two primary excitatory amino acids, the other being Aspartate.
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Excitatory neurons account for about 80% of all the neurons in the mammalian cortex.
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Excitatory connections between stellate and pyramidal cells caused bursts of spikes.
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Overnight food deprivation promoted the formation of more excitatory inputs.
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The thalamus projects excitatory glutamatergic neurons to the cortex itself.
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This timing controls which excitatory neurons are active and at which time.
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- Excitant: (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate
- In neuroscience, an excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) is a temporary depolarization of postsynaptic membrane potential caused by the flow of positively charged ions into the postsynaptic cell as a result of opening of ligand-sensitive channels. ...
- Referring to the effect that a substance has on a nerve cell. An excitatory substance excites the nerve cell and makes it able to receive critical information.
- Promoting the action of (an)other neuron(s); increasing the probability that a postsynaptic neuron will fire.
- Refers to a neural synapse or weight that is positive such that activity in the source neuron encourages activity in the connected neuron; the opposite of inhibitory.
- Describes a connection between neurons that excites (makes more likely to fire) the target neuron.
- Excites, speeds up. To describe the other type of neurotransmitter.
- Stimulating or increasing brain electrical activity; causing nerve cells to fire.
- Phenomenon causing cells to become active
