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Excitatory Amino Acids

Known as: excitatory amino acid (EAA), excitatory aminoacid, EAA 
Endogenous amino acids released by neurons as excitatory neurotransmitters. Glutamic acid is the most common excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain… 
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1-amino-1,3-dicarboxycyclopentane2-amino-2-methyl-4-phosphonobutyrateAHN 649Aspartate
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and DHEA-sulfate (DHEAS) protect hippocampal neurons against excitatory amino acid-induced neurotoxicity.
DHEA, together with DHEAS, is the most abundant steroid in the blood of young adult humans. Levels in humans decline with age and… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Regulation of adult neurogenesis by excitatory input and NMDA receptor activation in the dentate gyrus
The effects of afferent input and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor activation on neurogenesis were examined in an intact… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Mechanisms of hyperalgesian and morphine tolerance: a current view of their possible interactions
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Plasma and platelet excitatory amino acids in psychiatric disorders.
Plasma and platelet levels of excitatory amino acids were measured in 38 psychiatric out-patients and in 19 comparison subjects… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Activation of the central pattern generators for locomotion by serotonin and excitatory amino acids in neonatal rat.
1. The role of serotonin (5‐HT) and excitatory amino‐acids (EAAs) in the activation of the neural networks (i.e. the central… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Glutamate, the dominant excitatory transmitter in neuroendocrine regulation.
Glutamate has been found to play an unexpectedly important role in neuroendocrine regulation in the hypothalamus, as revealed in… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Nociceptive action of excitatory amino acids in the mouse: effects of spinally administered opioids, phencyclidine and sigma agonists.
Intrathecal administration of the excitatory amino acid (EAA) agonists, N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), quisqualate (Quis) or kainic… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Multiple-conductance channels activated by excitatory amino acids in cerebellar neurons
In the mammalian central nervous system amino acids such as L-glutamate and L-aspartate are thought to act as fast synaptic… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Coupling of Inositol Phospholipid Metabolism with Excitatory Amino Acid Recognition Sites in Rat Hippocampus
Abstract: Ibotenate, a rigid structural analogue of glutamate, markedly enhances the hydrolysis of membrane inositol… 
Review
1985
Review
1985
Possible therapeutic applications of antagonists of excitatory amino acid neurotransmitters.
The dicarboxylic amino acids, glutamate and aspartate, are excitatory neurotransmitters in many brain regions. Recent animal… 
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