Olney's concept of excitotoxicity suggests that most neural death in ischemia is due to

A. excess cholinergic activity.
B. insufficient gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) activity.
C. insufficient glutamate activity.
D. excess glutamate activity.


Answer: D

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