Glutamate or glutamic acid

Question 1

Glutamate or glutamic acid is

Answer 1

amino acid (remember aa used to make proteins)

Question 2

Glutamate or glutamic acid’s function

Answer 2

principal excitatory nt in brain

Question 3

4 types of receptors

Answer 3

NMDA - at this receptor there are at least 6 different binding sites which must work in concert to produce changes in the synapse important for learning and memory formation (Calcium gate)

Question 4

PCP acts at

Answer 4

glutamate synapses