excitory

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It appears that once a higher bodyweight is maintained this threshold is changed to a higher level, perhaps because higher leptin levels result in structural changes in hypothalamic excitory synapses.

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"Both the heart and the arteries are controlled by excitory and inhibitory nerves.

Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Martha Meir Allen 1890