NMDA

N1M3D2A1

Abbreviation of N-Methyl-D-aspartic acid, an amino acid derivative.

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  1. abbreviationbiochemistryAbbreviation of N-Methyl-D-aspartic acid, an amino acid derivative.

    At a synaptic level, the axon terminal having to repeatedly release glutamate is the lecturer droning on repetitively; the moment when the postsynaptic threshold is passed and the NMDA receptors first activate is the dendritic spine finally getting it.

    2017, Robert Sapolsky, chapter 5, in Behave, Penguin, →ISBN

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