Christian Chryssos of Monmouth County’s Academy of Allied Health and Science in Neptune will take part in the National Brain ...

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NMDA receptors, members of the excitatory ionotropic glutamate receptor family, are essential to these processes. They regulate the strength of synaptic connections, playing a critical role in ...

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The WCNDD is a leader in the field of allosteric modulation of metabotropic glutamate receptors. Glutamate, an amino acid that serves as an excitatory neurotransmitter, binds to these mGlu receptors.

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The FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to radiprodil for the treatment of seizures associated with GRIN-related neurodevelopmental disorder with GoF mutations.

which is actually a glutamate receptor — it’s one of the two glutamate receptors and glutamate is the most common excitatory neuron in the brain. … Basically, I knew it couldn’t be a memor ...