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glutamatergic

US/ɡlutəməˈtɝd͡ʒɪk/

glutamatergic adjective: of or pertaining to the neurotransmission of glutamate.

Adjective

glutamatergic (comparative more glutamatergic, superlative most glutamatergic)

  1. Of or pertaining to the neurotransmission of glutamate.
    • Disturbances of activity of the glutamatergic neurotransmitter system in the brain are present in many neuropsychiatric disorders.2010 October 10, Yanyan Kong et al., “Preparation of 99mTc-PQQ and preliminary biological evaluation for the NMDA receptor”, in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, volume 287, →DOI...
    • Unlike ketamine, esketamine, and nitrous oxide, scopolamine directly affects the cholinergic pathway but does not directly modulate the glutamatergic pathway.2019, Madhukar H. Trivedi, editor, Depression, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 228

Forms of glutamatergic

comparativemore glutamatergic
superlativemost glutamatergic

Origin of glutamatergic

From glutamate + -ergic.

Words formed from glutamatergic

Questions about glutamatergic

What does glutamatergic mean?
Glutamatergic means of or pertaining to the neurotransmission of glutamate.
What part of speech is glutamatergic?
Glutamatergic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce glutamatergic?
Glutamatergic is pronounced /ɡlutəməˈtɝd͡ʒɪk/ (US).

Words near glutamatergic in the dictionary

  1. glutaeus
  2. glutaldehyde
  3. glutamate
  4. glutamated
  5. glutamatergia
  6. glutamatergic
  7. glutamates
  8. glutamation
  9. glutamations
  10. glutamic
  11. glutamic acid

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