NMDA 3 (IMAGE)

Rice University

NMDA 3

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The four subunits of NMDA receptor proteins can each have many states that regulate which electrical signals pass through the membrane of a nerve cell. The subunits activate when they bind both glutamate and glycine neurotransmitter ligands and trigger the signaling pathway that allows positively charged ions to pass into the cell.

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