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MeSH Heading: Excitatory Amino Acid Agents
Tree Number(s): D27.505.519.625.190; D27.505.696.577.190
Unique ID: D018683
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018683
Annotation: 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
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Version: EXCITATORY AA AGENTS
Entry Term(s): Agents, Excitatory Amino Acid; Amino Acid Agents, Excitatory; Amino Acids, Excitatory, Agents; EAA Agents; Excitatory Amino Acid Effect; Excitatory Amino Acid Effects; Glutamate Agents; Glutamatergic Agents
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/06/03
Revision Date: 2013/07/09

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0027995
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Excitatory Amino Acid Agents Preferred Term
Term UI T055630
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Agents, Excitatory Amino Acid
Term UI T055627
Date05/03/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Amino Acid Agents, Excitatory
Term UI T055628
Date06/02/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Amino Acids, Excitatory, Agents
Term UI T055629
Date05/03/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); EAA Agents
Term UI T055631
Date05/03/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995)

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