neurotoxicity
Americannoun
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the degree to which a substance is poisonous to nerve tissue.
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Pathology. the condition resulting from exposure to a neurotoxin.
Etymology
Origin of neurotoxicity
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According to the study, health concerns related to flame retardants include “carcinogenicity, endocrine disruption, neurotoxicity, and reproductive and developmental toxicity.”
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2024
He says that unwanted interactions between CAR T and immune cells called macrophages drive the overactivation of macrophages, which in turn result in the release of toxic cytokines that lead to CRS and neurotoxicity.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2023
Patients who experience neurotoxicity fall into one of three categories.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 9, 2019
Previous studies suggesting its neurotoxicity had been limited to rats.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2017
Remarkably, prions are composed of self-propagating assemblies of a misfolded cellular protein that encode information, generate neurotoxicity and evolve and adapt in vivo.
From Nature ● Nov. 8, 2016
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