Excitatory Amino Acids [excitační aminokyseliny]
- Terms
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Amino Acids, Excitatory
Excitatory Amino Acid
Endogenous amino acids released by neurons as excitatory neurotransmitters. Glutamic acid is the most common excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain. Aspartic acid has been regarded as an excitatory transmitter for many years, but the extent of its role as a transmitter is unclear.
- Annotation
- endogenous: do not confuse with EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGENTS which are exogenous; GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics
- DUI
- D018846 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0028199
- Previous indexing
- Amino Acids (1966-1994)
- History note
- 95
- Public note
- 95
Allowable subheadings
- AD
- administration & dosage 2
- AE
- adverse effects 4
- AG
- agonists
- AN
- analysis 3
- AI
- antagonists & inhibitors 3
- BI
- biosynthesis
- BL
- blood 2
- CF
- cerebrospinal fluid
- CS
- chemical synthesis
- CH
- chemistry
- CL
- classification
- DF
- deficiency
- EC
- economics
- GE
- genetics
- HI
- history
- IM
- immunology
- IP
- isolation & purification
- ME
- metabolism 6
- PK
- pharmacokinetics 1
- PD
- pharmacology 4
- PH
- physiology 2
- PO
- poisoning
- RE
- radiation effects
- ST
- standards
- SD
- supply & distribution
- TU
- therapeutic use
- TO
- toxicity
- UR
- urine
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