glutamate

noun

glu·ta·mate ˈglü-tə-ˌmāt

: a salt or ester of glutamic acid

specifically : a salt or ester of levorotatory glutamic acid that functions as an excitatory neurotransmitter compare monosodium glutamate

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For example, glutamate is mostly excitatory in our brains, but usually inhibitory in the fly brain. —

Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2024 Neurotransmitter regulation: Magnesium helps to balance the neurotransmitters GABA and glutamate. —

Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2024 One of these neurotransmitters is called glutamate. —

Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024 Plants can carry out signalling within their own bodies, producing electrical impulses that send information to their stems and leaves, even using two of the same neurotransmitters—glycine and glutamate—involved in animal brains. —

Rachel Riederer, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for glutamate