Scientists used advanced cryo-EM imaging to reveal how glutamate activates brain receptors, paving the way for new ...

Researchers used advanced cryo-electron microscopy to capture atomic-level images of how glutamate, a key neurotransmitter, ...

Scientists have long known that a major molecule responsible for neuron-to-neuron communications is the neurotransmitter ...

Discover how the brain's most abundant neurotransmitter, glutamate, is revolutionizing psychiatry and offering new hope for ...

Its landing place on neurons is a channel called an AMPA receptor, which interacts with glutamate, and then acts like a pore that takes in charged particles. The ebb and flow of charged particles ...

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Glutamate receptors are required for the induction ... during LTP and LTD. The discovery of proteins that directly bind to AMPA (α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionic acid) receptor ...

Sea’s pre-clinical stage neurotherapeutic synthetic oral molecules act at the neurotransmitter glutamate pathway on two clinically validated targets in the CNS (central nervous system) ...

Glutamate excites neurons, creating the electrical activity essential for normal brain function. This excitatory transmission occurs through several specialized receptors, including NMDA ...