Glutamate receptor

•  Epinephrine

  Epinephrine, widely called adrenaline, is a hormone and neurotransmitter. When produced in the body it increases heart rate, contracts blood vessels and dilates air passages and participates in the fight-or-flight response of the sympathetic nervous system. It is a catecholamine, a monoamine produced only by the adrenal glands from the amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine.

  

  78.8%
  

  3.0%
  

  18.2%
  
•  Glycine

  Glycine (abbreviated as Gly or G) is an organic compound with the formula NH2CH2COOH. With only a hydrogen atom as its side chain, glycine is the smallest of the 20 amino acids commonly found in proteins. Glycine is a colourless, sweet-tasting crystalline solid. It is unique among the proteinogenic amino acids in that it is not chiral. It can fit into hydrophilic or hydrophobic environments, due to its single hydrogen atom side chain.

  

  66.7%
  

  0.0%
  

  33.3%
  
•  Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid

  γ-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), also known as 4-hydroxybutanoic acid and sodium oxybate, is a naturally-occurring substance found in the central nervous system, wine, beef, small citrus fruits, and almost all animals in small amounts. It is also categorized as an illegal drug in many countries. It is currently regulated in Australia, Canada, most of Europe and in the US.

  

  38.5%
  

  38.5%
  

  23.1%
  
•  Neurotransmitter

  Neurotransmitters are endogenous chemicals which relay, amplify, and modulate signals between a neuron and another cell. Neurotransmitters are packaged into synaptic vesicles that cluster beneath the membrane on the presynaptic side of a synapse, and are released into the synaptic cleft, where they bind to receptors in the membrane on the postsynaptic side of the synapse.

  

  40.0%
  

  40.0%
  

  20.0%
  
•  Serotonin

  Serotonin or 5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) is a monoamine neurotransmitter that is primarily found in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and central nervous system (CNS) of humans and animals. Approximately 80 percent of the human body's total serotonin is located in the enterochromaffin cells in the gut, where it is used to regulate intestinal movements.

  

  42.9%
  

  28.6%
  

  28.6%
  
•  Dopamine

  Dopamine is a catecholamine neurotransmitter that occurs in a wide variety of animals, including both vertebrates and invertebrates. In the brain, this phenethylamine functions as a neurotransmitter, activating the five types of dopamine receptors—D1, D2, D3, D4, and D5—and their variants. Dopamine is produced in several areas of the brain, including the substantia nigra and the ventral tegmental area. Dopamine is also a neurohormone released by the hypothalamus.

  

  0.0%
  

  70.0%
  

  30.0%
  
•  Endorphin

  Endorphins are endogenous opioid polypeptide compounds. They are produced by the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus in vertebrates during exercise, excitement, pain, consumption of spicy food and orgasm, and they resemble the opiates in their abilities to produce analgesia and a feeling of well-being. Endorphins work as "natural pain relievers.

  

  0.0%
  

  20.0%
  

  80.0%
  
•  Aspartic acid

  Aspartic acid (abbreviated as Asp or D; Asx or B represent either aspartic acid or asparagine) is an α-amino acid with the chemical formula HO2CCH(NH2)CH2CO2H. The carboxylate anion of aspartic acid is known as aspartate. The -isomer of aspartate is one of the 20 proteinogenic amino acids, i.e. , the building blocks of proteins. Its codons are GAU and GAC. Aspartic acid is, together with glutamic acid, classified as an acidic amino acid with a pKa of 4.0. Aspartate is pervasive in biosynthesis.

  

  16.7%
  

  0.0%
  

  83.3%
  
•  Glutamic acid

  Glutamic acid (abbreviated as Glu or E) is one of the 20 proteinogenic amino acids, and its codons are GAA and GAG. It is a non-essential amino acid. The carboxylate anions and salts of glutamic acid are known as glutamates.

  

  9.1%
  

  72.7%
  

  18.2%
  
•  Anandamide

  Anandamide, also known as N-arachidonoylethanolamine or AEA, is an endogenous cannabinoid neurotransmitter found in animal and human organs, especially in the brain. It was isolated and its structure was first described by Czech analytical chemist Lumír Ondřej Hanuš and American molecular pharmacologist William Anthony Devane in the Laboratory of Raphael Mechoulam, at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel in 1992.

  

  31.3%
  

  37.5%
  

  31.3%
  

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•  Phocas

  Flavius Phocas (Φωκάς, Phokas) was Byzantine Emperor from 602 to 610. He usurped the throne from the Emperor Maurice, and was himself overthrown by Heraclius after losing a civil war.

  

  50.0%
  

  0.0%
  

  50.0%
  
•  Iwo Jima

  Iwo Jima, officially, is an uninhabited island of the Japanese Volcano Islands chain, which makes up the southern end of the Ogasawara Islands. The island is located 650 nautical miles (750 mi; 1,200 km) south of mainland Tokyo and administered as part of Ogasawara, one of eight villages of Tokyo. It is famous as the site of the February–March 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Japan during World War II, when the iconic photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima was taken.

  

  50.0%
  

  0.0%
  

  50.0%
  
•  Miss District of Columbia USA

  The Miss District of Columbia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the District of Columbia in the Miss USA pageant. One of the more successful states at Miss USA, the District of Columbia is one of 15 states to win Miss USA more than once and one of only twelve states to win the Miss Congeniality award twice. From 1970-1975 they had a streak of six consecutive top 12 placements. This was broken in 1976, but achieved again in 1977.

  

  0.0%
  

  0.0%
  

  0.0%
  
•  Pan-Serbism

  Pan-Serbism is a movement begun in the 18th century that aimed at unity of all the Serbian people spread over the Balkans.

  

  0.0%
  

  0.0%
  

  0.0%
  
•  Hino Station

  Hino Station (日野駅) is the name of three train stations in Japan: Hino Station (Nagano) Hino Station (Shiga) Hino Station (Tokyo)

  

  0.0%
  

  0.0%
  

  0.0%