glutamate
See also: Glutamate
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡluː.tə.meɪt/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɡlu.tə.meɪt/, [ˈɡlu.ɾə.meɪt]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɡlʉː.tə.mæɪt/, [ˈɡlʉː.ɾə.mæɪt]
Noun
editglutamate (plural glutamates)
- (chemistry) Any salt or ester of glutamic acid.
- (neuroscience) The anion of glutamic acid in its role as a neurotransmitter.
- 2017, Robert Sapolsky, chapter 5, in Behave, Penguin, →ISBN:
- At a synaptic level, the axon terminal having to repeatedly release glutamate is the lecturer droning on repetitively; the moment when the postsynaptic threshold is passed and the NMDA receptors first activate is the dendritic spine finally getting it.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editsalt or ester of glutamic acid
French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editglutamate m (plural glutamates)
Further reading
edit- “glutamate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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