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🧠 Using glutamate 🧬 A nerve cell
glutamatergic

glutamatergic

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Relating to nerve cells that use glutamate to send messages
  • adjective
  • /ɡluːtəˈmeɪtərdʒɪk/
  • Specialized
: glutamatérgico

So K complexes and P waves may or may not there's some controversy be the same thing, but they're big glutamatergic drives.

Examples

  • So K complexes and P waves may or may not there's some controversy be the same thing, but they're big glutamatergic drives.

    Tom Bilyeu

  • The glutamatergic synapses play a crucial role in transmitting signals between nerve cells.

  • In the brain, glutamatergic neurotransmission is essential for learning and memory.

  • Researchers are studying glutamatergic pathways to better understand neurological disorders.

Surface Forms

glutamatergic positive

Morphology

glutamatergic = glutamate (semi-transparent) = glutamate + ergic

Formation from 'glutamate' + the technical suffix '-ergic' yields 'related to glutamate', but '-ergic' is a specialized biomedical suffix likely unfamiliar to average learners.

Etymology

Glutamatergic comes from glutamate, a common brain chemical, and the ending -ergic, which means 'using' or 'working with', like in allergic. So a glutamatergic pathway or signal is one that uses glutamate to send messages in the brain.