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glutamate receptor
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Glutamate receptor
Glutamate receptors
are
synaptic
receptor
s located primarily on the membranes of
neuronal
cells.
Glutamate
(the conjugate base of glutamic acid) is abundant in the human body, but particularly in the
nervous system
and especially prominent in the
human brain
where it is the body's most prominent
neurotransmitter
, the brain's main excitatory neurotransmitter, and also the
precursor
for
GABA
, the brain's main inhibitory neurotransmitter. Glutamate receptors are responsible for the glutamate-mediated
postsynaptic excitation
of
neural cells
, and are important for
neural communication
,
memory formation
,
learning
, and
regulation
.
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