Abbreviation for N-methyl d-aspartate; excitotoxic amino acid used to identify a specific subset of glutamate (an excitatory amino acid) receptors. SYN: N-methyl d-aspartic acid.
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N-methyl-D-aspartate
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NMDA .en-(.)em-(.)dē-'ā n a synthetic amino acid C5H9NO4 that binds selectively to a subset of glutamate receptors on neurons where the binding of glutamate results in the opening of calcium channels called also N-methyl-D-aspartate
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N-methyl-D-aspartate.Medical dictionary. 2011.