Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.

Quisqualic acid is an agonist for both AMPA receptors and group I metabotropic glutamate receptors. It causes excitotoxicity and is used in neuroscience to selectively destroy neurons in the brain or spinal cord.

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IUPAC name
(2S)-2-amino-3-(35-dioxo-124-, oxadiazolidin-2-yl)propanoic acid

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