 N-Methylaspartate
"N-Methylaspartate" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An amino acid that, as the D-isomer, is the defining agonist for the NMDA receptor subtype of glutamate receptors (RECEPTORS, NMDA).
| Descriptor ID |
D016202
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.125.067.500.400 D12.125.119.170.400
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| Concept/Terms |
N-Methylaspartate- N-Methylaspartate
- N Methylaspartate
- NMDA
- N-Methyl-D-aspartic Acid
- Acid, N-Methyl-D-aspartic
- N Methyl D aspartic Acid
- N-Methyl-D-aspartate
- N Methyl D aspartate
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Yuzaki M, Forrest D, Curran T, Connor JA. Selective activation of calcium permeability by aspartate in Purkinje cells. Science. 1996 Aug 23; 273(5278):1112-4.
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Yuzaki M, Forrest D, Verselis LM, Sun SC, Curran T, Connor JA. Functional NMDA receptors are transiently active and support the survival of Purkinje cells in culture. J Neurosci. 1996 Aug 01; 16(15):4651-61.
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Forrest D, Yuzaki M, Soares HD, Ng L, Luk DC, Sheng M, Stewart CL, Morgan JI, Connor JA, Curran T. Targeted disruption of NMDA receptor 1 gene abolishes NMDA response and results in neonatal death. Neuron. 1994 Aug; 13(2):325-38.
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Sonnenberg JL, Mitchelmore C, Macgregor-Leon PF, Hempstead J, Morgan JI, Curran T. Glutamate receptor agonists increase the expression of Fos, Fra, and AP-1 DNA binding activity in the mammalian brain. J Neurosci Res. 1989 Sep; 24(1):72-80.
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