The Glutamatergic Synapse
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In the mammalian central nervous system (CNS), glutamate is the predominant excitatory neurotransmitter. It is estimated that more than half of all synapses release glutamate and that almost all excitatory neurons in the CNS are glutamatergic.
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GABA Enhances Transmission at an Excitatory Glutamatergic Synapse
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How do synaptic vesicles accumulate glutamate? – Kompass des Forschungsbereichs Information
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Functional synapses between small cell lung cancer and glutamatergic neurons
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Presynaptic α2δ subunits are key organizers of glutamatergic synapses
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Counting the Number of Glutamate Molecules in Single Synaptic Vesicles
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The Glutamatergic Synapse
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Biochemistry of Nerve Transmission - The Medical Biochemistry Page
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The glutamatergic synapse: a complex machinery for information processing
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A simplified model of glutamate (Glu) synapse depicting some of the
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Figure 1, Schematic drawing of a glutamatergic synapse, with postsynaptic AMPA, NMDA, KA and metabotropic receptors - Jasper's Basic Mechanisms of the Epilepsies - NCBI Bookshelf
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Infographic: How a Glutamate Sensor Tracks Synapses
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Unique transsynaptic complexes enable long-term synaptic plasticity in a synapse-specific manner