PSD

American  

1. prevention of significant deterioration: used as a standard of measurement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Example Sentences

During the PSD investigation into her, it is alleged she made “very serious allegations”.

From BBC

While watching early neural development, first in neuron cultures and then in live mice, the researchers saw an elevation in PSD-95 levels.

From Science Daily

The PSD-95 protein's job is to attract and pull other receptors to the synaptic surface -- the space where two neurons pass signals to one another.

From Science Daily

"Our data suggests that the elevated PSD-95 is contributing to hyperexcitability in the brain. That's a common phenotype is some of the early stages of Alzheimer's disease patients: They tend to have hyperexcitability or elevated seizure susceptibility in the brain, preceding and exacerbating the neurodegeneration that follows," said Tsai, who also is affiliated with the Beckman Institute of Advanced Science and Technology at the U. of I.

From Science Daily

To confirm that increased PSD-95 was a driving force behind the seizure activity, the researchers inhibited PSD-95 in a mouse cohort.

From Science Daily