excitability
the quality of being excitable.
Physiology. irritability.
Origin of excitability
1Other words from excitability
- un·ex·cit·a·bil·i·ty, noun
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How to use excitability in a sentence
If these mice were engineered to overexpress MEF2 at a young age, they displayed neither the excessive neuronal excitability nor the cognitive impairments that the protein usually produces later in life.
By inserting genes into the brain to increase or decrease neuron excitability, the researchers learned that the most excited neurons in the area will become part of the engram.
How technology can let us see and manipulate memories | Joshua Sariñana | August 25, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThe reflex excitability is lowered and the sensibility diminished.
A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy | Alexander Hughes BennettIt had been a brilliant brain, and that very excitability that had lent its brilliance was fatal to it now.
Six Women | Victoria CrossHere we may see the universal transition from sensibility to acute excitability which is a source of many quarrels.
Criminal Psychology | Hans Gross
The climate of Florida is also of peculiar advantage in all diseases attended by nervous excitability.
Palmetto-Leaves | Harriet Beecher StoweWhether they recognize each other by touch or by their mutual excitability I do not know.
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