glutamate
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See also: Glutamate
English
Etymology
From glutamic acid + -ate.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡluː.tə.meɪt/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɡlu.tə.meɪt/,
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɡlʉː.tə.mæɪt/,
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
glutamate (plural glutamates)
- (chemistry) Any salt or ester of glutamic acid.
- (neuroscience) The anion of glutamic acid in its role as a neurotransmitter.
- 2017, Robert Sapolsky, chapter 5, in Behave, Penguin, →ISBN:
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
salt or ester of glutamic acid
French
Pronunciation
Noun
glutamate m (plural glutamates)
Further reading
- “glutamate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.