excitatory amino acid agents

Preferred Label : excitatory amino acid agents;

MeSH definition : Drugs used for their actions on any aspect of excitatory amino acid neurotransmitter systems. Included are drugs that act on excitatory amino acid receptors, affect the life cycle of excitatory amino acid transmitters, or affect the survival of neurons using excitatory amino acids.;

MeSH synonym : amino acid agents, excitatory; eaa agents; agents, eaa; agents, excitatory amino acid; amino acids, excitatory, agents;

MeSH hyponym : glutamate agents; Agents, Glutamate; Glutamatergic Agents; Agents, Glutamatergic;

Related MeSH term : excitatory amino acid effect; Excitatory Amino Acid Effects;

MeSH annotation : exogenous: do not confuse with EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS which are endogenous; general or unspecified; prefer specific s; note entry term EXCITATORY AMINO ACID EFFECT: use only for the excitatory amino acid effect of a chemical substance; exogenous: do not confuse with EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS which are endogenous; general or unspecified; prefer specifics; note entry term EXCITATORY AMINO ACID EFFECT: use only for the excitatory amino acid effect of a chemical substance;

Is substance : O;

Details

Origin ID

D018683;

UMLS CUI

C0242900;

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Indexing information
- MK-1312 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- MK-5435 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- excitatory amino acid agents [MeSH concept]
- excitatory amino acid effect [MeSH concept]
- glutamate agents [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- glutamates [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Pharmacologic Substance [UMLS semantic type]

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