glutamatergic

comparative more glutamatergic · superlative most glutamatergic

1. biochemistryOf or pertaining to the neurotransmission of glutamate.

   Disturbances of activity of the glutamatergic neurotransmitter system in the brain are present in many neuropsychiatric disorders.

   2010 October 10, Yanyan Kong et al., “Preparation of 99mTc-PQQ and preliminary biological evaluation for the NMDA receptor”, in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, volume 287, →DOI, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2025

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   Unlike ketamine, esketamine, and nitrous oxide, scopolamine directly affects the cholinergic pathway but does not directly modulate the glutamatergic pathway.

   2019, Madhukar H. Trivedi, editor, Depression, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 228