N-methyl-D-aspartate

N-methyl-D-aspartate
N-meth·yl-D-as·par·tate 'en-.meth-əl-.dē-ə-'spär-.tāt n NMDA

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N-meth·yl-D-as·par·tate (NMDA) (methґəl asґpahr-tāt) a neurotransmitter similar to glutamate, found in the central nervous system; a synthetic preparation is used experimentally to study the excitatory mechanisms of glutamate transmitters.

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