The excitant amino acids glutamic and aspartic acid as transmitter candidates in the vertebrate central nervous system.

Animals Aspartic Acid/pharmacology,physiology Brain/drug effects,metabolism Ganglia, Spinal/drug effects Glutamates/pharmacology,physiology Humans Potassium/pharmacology Receptors, Neurotransmitter/drug effects,physiology Sodium/pharmacology Spinal Cord/drug effects,metabolism Synapses/metabolism Synaptic Transmission/drug effects Synaptosomes/metabolism

Glutamates Receptors, Neurotransmitter Aspartic Acid Sodium Potassium