excitotoxins

ex·ci·to·tox·ins

(ek-sī'tō-toks'ins),
Toxins that bind to certain receptors (for example, certain glutamate receptors) and may cause neuronal cell death; excitotoxins may be involved in brain damage associated with strokes.
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In experimental models, increased brain temperature and cerebral ischemia produced a chain reaction, resulting in increased levels of excitotoxins and reactive oxygen species (also known as oxygen free radicals), unstable cell membranes, and an increased number of abnormal electrical depolarizations.
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