"Excitatory Amino Acids" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D018846
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.125.427
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| Concept/Terms |
Excitatory Amino Acids- Excitatory Amino Acids
- Excitatory Amino Acid
- Acid, Excitatory Amino
- Amino Acid, Excitatory
- Amino Acids, Excitatory
- Acids, Excitatory Amino
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