glutamate
noun
glu·ta·mate
ˈglü-tə-ˌmāt 
: a salt or ester of glutamic acid
specifically
: a salt or ester of levorotatory glutamic acid that functions as an excitatory neurotransmitter compare monosodium glutamate
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For example, glutamate is mostly excitatory in our brains, but usually inhibitory in the fly brain.
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Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2024
Neurotransmitter regulation: Magnesium helps to balance the neurotransmitters GABA and glutamate.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2024
One of these neurotransmitters is called glutamate.
—Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
Plants can carry out signalling within their own bodies, producing electrical impulses that send information to their stems and leaves, even using two of the same neurotransmitters—glycine and glutamate—involved in animal brains.
—Rachel Riederer, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
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Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2024
Neurotransmitter regulation: Magnesium helps to balance the neurotransmitters GABA and glutamate.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2024
One of these neurotransmitters is called glutamate.
—Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
Plants can carry out signalling within their own bodies, producing electrical impulses that send information to their stems and leaves, even using two of the same neurotransmitters—glycine and glutamate—involved in animal brains.
—Rachel Riederer, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
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glutamate
noun
glu·ta·mate
ˈglüt-ə-ˌmāt
: a salt or ester of glutamic acid
specifically
: a salt or ester of levorotatory glutamic acid that functions as an excitatory neurotransmitter see monosodium glutamate
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