Aspartate/aspartic acid ionic properties

N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) is a specific agonist of the glutamate receptor, one among the most common neurotransmitters in the central nervous system of vertebrates [43]. The binding of NMD A to the glutamate receptor produces the activation of an ionic channel [43]. We investigated the change of properties of the NMDA-activated channel in rat cerebellar neurones with days in culture [44]. 

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