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Excitotoxicity is when nerve cells suffer damage or death when the levels of otherwise necessary and safe neurotransmitters such as glutamate become pathologically high, resulting in excessive stimulation of receptors. For example, when glutamate receptors such as NMDA receptors or AMPA receptors encounter excessive levels of the excitatory…
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TTTA extracted 61 structured relationships around Excitotoxicity. Examples in this analysis include glutamate become pathologically high → instance of → Excitotoxicity is when nerve cells suffer damage or death when the levels of otherwise necessary and safe neurotransmitters and NMDA receptors or AMPA receptors encounter excessive levels of the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate → instance of → when glutamate receptors. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| glutamate become pathologically high | instance of | Excitotoxicity is when nerve cells suffer damage or death when the levels of otherwise necessary and safe neurotransmitters | 0.80 | text |
| resulting in excessive stimulation of receptors | instance of | Excitotoxicity is when nerve cells suffer damage or death when the levels of otherwise necessary and safe neurotransmitters | 0.80 | text |
| NMDA receptors or AMPA receptors encounter excessive levels of the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate | instance of | when glutamate receptors | 0.80 | text |
| significant neuronal damage might ensue | instance of | when glutamate receptors | 0.80 | text |
| calpain | instance of | and proteases | 0.80 | text |
| components of the cytoskeleton | instance of | These enzymes go on to damage cell structures | 0.80 | text |
| membrane | instance of | These enzymes go on to damage cell structures | 0.80 | text |
| and DNA | instance of | These enzymes go on to damage cell structures | 0.80 | text |
| biological life it must be understood that mechanisms are rarely | instance of | complex adaptive systems | 0.80 | text |
| if ever | instance of | complex adaptive systems | 0.80 | text |
| simplistically direct | instance of | complex adaptive systems | 0.80 | text |
| multiple sclerosis | instance of | and in neurodegenerative diseases of the central nervous system | 0.80 | text |
The concept neighborhoods around Excitotoxicity bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Resulting, Receptors and May. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Excitotoxicity, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Excitotoxicity with Pathophysiology. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Excitotoxicity to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Pathophysiology & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Excitotoxicity · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout