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AMPA receptor

AMPA receptor

a type of glutamate receptor that binds AMPA as well as glutamate. AMPA receptors are coupled to ligand-gated ion channels and are responsible for most of the activity at synapses where glutamate is the neurotransmitter. Compare NMDA receptor.

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