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N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors

Known as: Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, NMDA receptor, Receptors, N-Methylaspartate 
A class of ionotropic glutamate receptors characterized by affinity for N-methyl-D-aspartate. NMDA receptors have an allosteric binding site for… 
National Institutes of Health

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Calcium ChannelGRIN2A protein, humanGRIN2B protein, humanIn Blood

Broader (2)

Excitatory Amino Acid ReceptorGlutamate Receptor

Narrower (12)

Gprin1 protein, mouseN-methyl D-aspartate receptor subtype 2ANMDA receptor 2BNMDA receptor A1

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Neurobiology of Disease Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Rescues Synaptic Plasticity in a Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome
Mice lacking expression of the fragile X mental retardation 1 (Fmr1) gene have deficits in types of learning that are dependent… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Direct inhibition of the N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate receptor channel by dopamine and (+)‐SKF38393
Dopamine is known to modulate glutamatergic synaptic transmission in the retina and in several brain regions by activating… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Adenosine and anoxia reduce N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor open probability in turtle cerebrocortex.
During normoxia, glutamate and the glutamate family of ion channels play a key role in mediating rapid excitatory synaptic… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Chronic ethanol increases N-methyl-D-aspartate-stimulated nitric oxide formation but not receptor density in cultured cortical neurons.
The effects of prolonged ethanol exposure on excitatory amino acid receptor stimulated nitric oxide (NO) formation were examined… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Bidirectional Regulation of Protein Kinase Mζ in the Maintenance of Long-Term Potentiation and Long-Term Depression
Long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD) are persistent modifications of synaptic efficacy that may contribute… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Brain regional specificity and time-course of changes in the NMDA receptor-ionophore complex during ethanol withdrawal
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
EPSPs in rat neocortical neurons in vitro. II. Involvement of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in the generation of EPSPs.
1. Intracellular recordings were obtained from neurons in layer II/III of rat frontal cortex. Single-electrode current- and… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Neurotoxicity of N-methyl-D-aspartate is markedly enhanced in developing rat central nervous system.
The neurotoxic lesion produced by direct injection of 25 nmol of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) into the corpus striatum of 7-day… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Anticonvulsant action of a non-competitive antagonist of NMDA receptors (MK-801) in the kindling model of epilepsy
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Stimulation of phosphatidic acid production in platelets precedes the formation of arachidonate and parallels the release of serotonin.
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