Title: N-methyl-D-aspartate-type glutamate receptor
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - <em>N</em>-methyl-D-aspartate-type glutamate receptor
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.11870
Status: current

Definition
One of the various types of receptors of the neurotransmitterglutamate.

Notes
1) It is both a ligand-gated and voltage-gated cation channel.
2) It is believed to be involved in memory and learning.

Related Terms
- N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA): https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11869
- glutamate: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11792
- ligand-gated: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11851
- neurotransmitter: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11955
- voltage-gated: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12174
- α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA) receptor: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11577

Source
- PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 881 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0103)

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Citation: Citation: '<em>N</em>-methyl-D-aspartate-type glutamate receptor' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.11870
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