Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system and gates non-selective cation channels. The origins of glutamate receptors are not well understood as they ...

In the mammalian CNS, the principle excitatory neurotransmitter is L-Glutamate, which acts through G-protein coupled (metabotropic) receptors and ligand gated ion channels (ionotropic receptors).

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Glutamate receptors are the primary mediators of excitatory transmission in the central nervous system and are mostly located on the dendrites of postsynaptic neuronal and glial cells, such as ...