Nmda

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of N-Methyl-D-aspartic acid, an amino acid derivative. abbreviation, alt-of

    "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."

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"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."

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