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EXCITATORY NEURONS

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1Hypotheses

0Analyses

9Outgoing

21Incoming

0Experiments

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Name	EXCITATORY NEURONS

Pathway Diagram

graph TD
    EXCITATORY_NEURONS[EXCITATORY NEURONS]
    EXCITATORY_NEURONS -->|interacts| inhibitory_neurons[inhibitory neurons]
    EXCITATORY_NEURONS -->|contributes to| Motor_Recovery[Motor Recovery]
    EXCITATORY_NEURONS -->|active_in| oxidative_stress_response[oxidative stress response]
    EXCITATORY_NEURONS -->|active_in| NAD__metabolism[NAD+ metabolism]
    EXCITATORY_NEURONS -->|active_in| calcium_signaling[calcium signaling]
    EXCITATORY_NEURONS -->|active_in| mitochondrial_function[mitochondrial function]
    EXCITATORY_NEURONS -->|active_in| unfolded_protein_response[unfolded protein response]
    SNCA[SNCA] -->|expressed in| EXCITATORY_NEURONS
    COHESIN_COMPLEX[COHESIN COMPLEX] -->|upregulates| EXCITATORY_NEURONS
    Cohesin_Complex[Cohesin Complex] -->|expressed in| EXCITATORY_NEURONS
    C1QA[C1QA] -->|expressed in| EXCITATORY_NEURONS
    BDNF[BDNF] -->|expressed in| EXCITATORY_NEURONS
    SLC17A7[SLC17A7] -->|expressed in| EXCITATORY_NEURONS
    APOE[APOE] -->|expressed in| EXCITATORY_NEURONS
    GFAP[GFAP] -->|expressed in| EXCITATORY_NEURONS
    TREM2[TREM2] -->|expressed in| EXCITATORY_NEURONS
    SIRT3[SIRT3] -->|expressed in| EXCITATORY_NEURONS

Outgoing (9)

Target	Relation	Type	Str
Alzheimer'S Disease	associated_with	disease	0.90
AD Pathology	associated_with	process	0.82
inhibitory neurons	interacts_with	cell_type	0.80
Motor Recovery	contributes_to	phenotype	0.70
oxidative stress response	active_in	pathway	0.65
mitochondrial function	active_in	pathway	0.55
unfolded protein response	active_in	pathway	0.55
NAD+ metabolism	active_in	pathway	0.55
calcium signaling	active_in	pathway	0.55

Incoming (21)

Source	Relation	Type	Str
SNCA	expressed_in	gene	0.90
COHESIN COMPLEX	upregulates	protein	0.85
Cohesin Complex	expressed_in	protein	0.85
DNA Damage Response	associated_with	pathway	0.80
C1QA	expressed_in	gene	0.75
BDNF	expressed_in	protein	0.70
SLC17A7	expressed_in	gene	0.65
SIRT3	expressed_in	gene	0.55
NRF1	expressed_in	gene	0.55
APOE	expressed_in	gene	0.55
COX5A	expressed_in	gene	0.55
RORB	expressed_in	gene	0.55
PINK1	expressed_in	gene	0.55
VGLUT1	expressed_in	gene	0.55
TH	expressed_in	gene	0.55
TFAM	expressed_in	gene	0.55
GFAP	expressed_in	gene	0.55
TREM2	expressed_in	gene	0.55
IDH2	expressed_in	gene	0.55
ATP	expressed_in	gene	0.55
ROS	expressed_in	gene	0.55

Targeting Hypotheses (1)

Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target

Hypothesis	Score	Disease	Analysis
Layer V excitatory neurons show selectively enhanced vulnera	0.632	Alzheimer's disease	SEA-AD Single-Cell Analysis: Cell-Type V

Mentioning Analyses (0)

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Experiments (0)

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Experiment	Type	Disease	Score	Feasibility	Model	Status	Est. Cost
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Related Papers (1)

Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity

Title & PMID	Authors	Journal	Year	Citations
Social Processing in the Amygdala: Single-Nucleus RNA-Sequencing Reveals Distinc [PMID:41727617]	Dwortz MF, Hofmann HA, Curley JP	Res Sq	2026	0

Debates (0)

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Related Research

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