"Excitatory Amino Acids" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Endogenous amino acids released by neurons as excitatory neurotransmitters. Glutamic acid is the most common excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain. Aspartic acid has been regarded as an excitatory transmitter for many years, but the extent of its role as a transmitter is unclear.
| Descriptor ID |
D018846
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.125.427
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| Concept/Terms |
Excitatory Amino Acids- Excitatory Amino Acids
- Excitatory Amino Acid
- Acid, Excitatory Amino
- Amino Acid, Excitatory
- Amino Acids, Excitatory
- Acids, Excitatory Amino
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Excitatory Amino Acids" by people in Profiles.
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Recent understanding in the mechanisms of addiction. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2004 Oct; 6(5):347-51.
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Regulation of limbic information outflow by the subthalamic nucleus: excitatory amino acid projections to the ventral pallidum. J Neurosci. 2001 Apr 15; 21(8):2820-32.
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Factors affecting excitatory amino acid release following severe human head injury. J Neurosurg. 1998 Oct; 89(4):507-18.
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Repeated cocaine augments excitatory amino acid transmission in the nucleus accumbens only in rats having developed behavioral sensitization. J Neurosci. 1996 Feb 15; 16(4):1550-60.
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Massive persistent release of excitatory amino acids following human occlusive stroke. Stroke. 1995 Nov; 26(11):2187-9.
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Evidence for prolonged release of excitatory amino acids in severe human head trauma. Relationship to clinical events. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1995 Sep 15; 765:290-7; discussion 298.
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Introduction to the role of excitatory amino acids in the actions of abused drugs: a symposium presented at the 1993 annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence. Drug Alcohol Depend. 1995 Feb; 37(2):91-4.
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Interactions between dopamine and excitatory amino acids in behavioral sensitization to psychostimulants. Drug Alcohol Depend. 1995 Feb; 37(2):95-100.