Beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (L-BMAA) is a potent agonist of 'metabolotropic' glutamate receptors

Eur J Pharmacol. 1990 Jun 8;181(3):327-8. doi: 10.1016/0014-2999(90)90100-k.
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MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids, Diamino / pharmacology*
  • Animals
  • Cyanobacteria Toxins
  • Hippocampus / drug effects
  • Hippocampus / metabolism*
  • Inositol Phosphates / metabolism
  • Male
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Receptors, Glutamate
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
  • Receptors, Neurotransmitter / drug effects
  • Receptors, Neurotransmitter / metabolism*

Substances

  • Amino Acids, Diamino
  • Cyanobacteria Toxins
  • Inositol Phosphates
  • Receptors, Glutamate
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
  • Receptors, Neurotransmitter
  • beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine