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  2. NMDA receptor - Wikipedia

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    The allosteric site, which modulates receptor function when bound to a ligand, is not occupied. NMDARs require the binding of two molecules of glutamate or aspartate and two of glycine [1] [2] The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (also known as the NMDA receptor or NMDAR), is a glutamate receptor and predominantly Ca 2+ ion channel found in neurons.

  3. Glutamate (neurotransmitter) - Wikipedia

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    Sponges possess metabotropic glutamate receptors, and application of glutamate to a sponge can trigger a whole-body response that sponges use to rid themselves of contaminants. [15] The genome of Trichoplax, a primitive organism that also lacks a nervous system, contains numerous metabotropic glutamate receptors, but their function is not yet ...

  4. Glutamate receptor - Wikipedia

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    Glutamate is the most prominent neurotransmitter in the body, and is the main excitatory neurotransmitter, being present in over 50% of nervous tissue. [2] [3] Glutamate was initially discovered to be a neurotransmitter in insect studies in the early 1960s.

  5. Ligand-gated ion channel - Wikipedia

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    The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDA receptor) – a type of ionotropic glutamate receptor – is a ligand-gated ion channel that is gated by the simultaneous binding of glutamate and a co-agonist (i.e., either D-serine or glycine). [11] Studies show that the NMDA receptor is involved in regulating synaptic plasticity and memory. [12] [13]

  6. N-Methyl-D-aspartic acid - Wikipedia

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    N-methyl-D-aspartic acid or N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) is an amino acid derivative that acts as a specific agonist at the NMDA receptor mimicking the action of glutamate, the neurotransmitter which normally acts at that receptor. Unlike glutamate, NMDA only binds to and regulates the NMDA receptor and has no effect on other glutamate receptors ...

  7. GRIN2B - Wikipedia

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    N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors are a class of ionotropic glutamate receptors.The NMDA receptor channel has been shown to be involved in long-term potentiation, an activity-dependent increase in the efficiency of synaptic transmission thought to underlie certain kinds of memory and learning.

  8. GRIN3A - Wikipedia

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    242443 Ensembl ENSG00000198785 ENSMUSG00000039579 UniProt Q8TCU5 A2AIR5 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_133445 NM_001033351 NM_001276355 RefSeq (protein) NP_597702 NP_001028523 NP_001263284 Location (UCSC) Chr 9: 101.57 – 101.74 Mb Chr 4: 49.66 – 49.85 Mb PubMed search Wikidata View/Edit Human View/Edit Mouse Glutamate [NMDA] receptor subunit 3A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GRIN3A gene ...

  9. GRIN1 - Wikipedia

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    Glutamate [NMDA] receptor subunit zeta-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GRIN1 gene. [5] [6]The protein encoded by this gene is a critical subunit of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors, members of the glutamate receptor channel superfamily which are heteromeric protein complexes with multiple subunits arranged to form a ligand-gated ion channel.