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AMPA receptor

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AMPA receptor
Neurophysiology Any of a family of distinct ionotropic glutamate–excitatory post-synaptic receptors widely expressed in the CNS, which are the 1º memory receptors. See Excitatory amino acid receptor channel, Glutamate receptor.


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A sampling of topics: neurochemical and developmental aspects of glutamate receptors in the retina, insights from structure-function studies of AMPA receptor agonists and competitive antagonists, NMDA receptor-mediated activation of arachidonic acid and nitric oxide signaling pathways in the spinal processing of pain, AMPA receptor-mediated neuronal death in motor neuron disease, excitotoxicity and white matter damage, and chemoreception of umami in caterpillars.
Differential regulation of AMPA receptor and GABA receptor trafficking by tumor necrosis factor-alpha.
A juvenile form of postsynaptic hippocampal long-term potentiation in mice deficient for the AMPA receptor subunit GluR-A.
 
 
 
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