The majority of brain cells are called excitatory because they ramp up the action of target cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

Glutamate accelerates brain activity—it is excitatory.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Chemistry of Calm] Reference

There are two kinds of synapses, one excitatory, the other inhibitory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1963 - Presentation Speech] Reference

He found that all sorts of stimulus produce an excitatory change in them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches] Reference

Just as central inhibitory state (c.i.s.) counteracts central excitatory state.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir Charles Sherrington - Nobel Lecture] Reference

That is to say its inhibitory influence never changes to an excitatory influence, or vice versa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir Charles Sherrington - Nobel Lecture] Reference

The interpolated excitatory volley is found to lessen the inhibitory effect upon the final excitatory volley.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir Charles Sherrington - Nobel Lecture] Reference

An excitatory volley is interpolated between the inhibitory volley and a subsequent standard excitatory volley.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir Charles Sherrington - Nobel Lecture] Reference

Similarly the beginning of the inhibition may be concealed from observation by concomitant excitatory facilitation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir Charles Sherrington - Nobel Lecture] Reference

Glutamate is the primary excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain, allowing for fast communication between neurons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-05-01] Reference

A stable excitatory twitch-reflex as standard allows us to proceed further in our quantitative examination of inhibition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir Charles Sherrington - Nobel Lecture] Reference

In other words the inhibitory process was found capable of no less delicate quantitative adjustment than is the excitatory process.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir Charles Sherrington - Nobel Lecture] Reference

Nevertheless, as shown above, the reflex result even then exhibits admixed excitatory and inhibitory influence on one and the same given muscle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir Charles Sherrington - Nobel Lecture] Reference

The reflex therefore, which at first sight seems a purely excitatory reaction, proves on closer examination to be in fact a commingled excitation and inhibition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir Charles Sherrington - Nobel Lecture] Reference

Next, we found that the sensory neurons made direct connections to the motor neurons as well as indirect connections through interneurons, both excitatory and inhibitory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric R. Kandel - Autobiography] Reference

This uncertainty does not attach to the longer intervals between the two stimuli because the central inhibitory process considerably outlasts the central excitatory facilitation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir Charles Sherrington - Nobel Lecture] Reference

Then, drinkers boost their intake in order to achieve the intoxication they enjoyed before, and their inhibitory and excitatory messenger substances become permanently unbalanced.    From Wordnik.com.  [Raymond Carver] Reference

Limiting excitatory amino acids that target the amygdala may help.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference

REMOVAL of excitatory amino acids (glutamate, aspartate) from VACCINES.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference

Figure 2: Endogenous SNAP-23 is enriched at excitatory synapses on dendritic spines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in a mammal's central nervous system.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

Modified form of GABA which works pre-synaptically to decrease release of excitatory transmitter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Inhibits calcium influx to presynaptic 1a terminal thereby decreasing release of excitatory neurotransmitters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

This revealed that inhibitory interneurons are more responsive to inputs from both eyes than excitatory neurons.    From Wordnik.com.  [innovations-report] Reference

Between prefrontal and parietal areas, excitatory neurons were interconnected with a particular conduction delay.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

If excitatory free amino acids affect ASD children, it would explain both the impact of GF-CF diets AND a vaccine link.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference

T.umoto, T. Difference in binocularity and ocular dominance plasticity between GABAergic and excitatory cortical neurons.    From Wordnik.com.  [innovations-report] Reference

A pair of excitatory B-class motorneurons that sustain coordinated forward locomotion in the worm also appear as provincial hubs.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

This imbalance gives rise to a puzzle-if excitatory neurons vastly outnumber inhibitory ones, how does the brain avoid runaway excitation?.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Biology: New Articles] Reference

Here we record from type II fibres near their terminal arbors under OHCs to show that they receive excitatory glutamatergic synaptic input.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

PITTA STAHAANAS may be related to areas/regions with predominantly high blood supply and high excitatory/catabolic neuroendocrine activity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference