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glutamate::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | salt |
Examples of glutamate
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Memantine is intended to prevent an excess of glutamate from damaging the brain.
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It is here that the receptor can be activated by the neurotransmitter glutamate.
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Elevated insular glutamate in fibromyalgia is associated with experimental pain.
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Studies also have focused on the role of glutamate in motor neuron degeneration.
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Glutamate is a key neurotransmitter long thought to play a role in schizophrenia.
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Similar to LimGluR2, no photo-antagonism was seen in the presence of glutamate.
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Leptin regulates glutamate and glucose transporters in hypothalamic astrocytes.
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As for Japan, they added Monosodium glutamate to their food for hundreds of years.
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The excess glutamate dissipates after 30 minutes, but the neurons remain frenzied.
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- A salt or ester of glutamic acid
- The most common excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain.
- Vital neurotransmitter in communication between nerve cells, making them more likely to send on a signal; excessive glutamate production, caused by stressed, loud noise or ototoxic chemicals, is thought to play a key role in the development of tinnitus.
- A neurotransmitter that allows messages to be passed from neuron to neuron across a synapse.
- An amino acid that functions as a CNS neurotransmitter.
- A neurotransmitter that is normally involved in learning and memory. It appears to cause the death of nerve cells in a variety of neurodegenerative disorders.
- A chemical messenger in the brain that has been implicated in schizophrenia.
- An amino acid neurotransmitter that acts to excite neurons. Glutamate probably stimulates N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors that have been implicated in activities ranging from learning and memory to development and specification of nerve contacts in a developing animal. ...
- The amino acid which plays an essential function in starting and transmitting nerve impulses.
