Glutamatergic Agents:

Terms Related to Glutamatergic Agents

• 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 ...

• Excitatory, Antagonists Amino Acids

  Drugs that bind to but do not activate excitatory amino acid receptors, thereby blocking the actions of agonists.

• Excitatory, Agonists Amino Acids

  Drugs that bind to and activate excitatory amino acid receptors.

• Kainic Acid

  (2S-(2 alpha,3 beta,4 beta))-2-Carboxy-4-(1-methylethenyl)-3-pyrrolidineacetic acid. Ascaricide obtained from the red alga Digenea simplex. It is a potent excitatory amino acid agonist at some types of ...