Excitotoxicity
<p>From: 'Excitotoxicity' <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/excitotoxicity">http://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/excitotoxicity</a></p>
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Excitotoxicity is the pathological process by which neurons are damaged and killed by the overactivations of receptors for the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate, such as the NMDA receptor and AMPA receptor.</p>
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