AMPA
Biochemistry
noun
Alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid, an excitatory amino acid which acts as an agonist at a particular class of glutamate receptor; frequently attributive, designating receptors of this class.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta.
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