Definition of "glutamatergic" [glutamatergic]

• Of or pertaining to the neurotransmission of glutamate. (adjective)

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• "Their findings: Even in the forebrain, there are other nerve cells that are regularly generated the so called glutamatergic nerve cells, which use glutamate as neurotransmitter."
• "They found that even in the forebrain, there are other nerve cells that are regularly generated - the so-called glutamatergic nerve cells, which use glutamate as neurotransmitter."
• "This system is known as the glutamatergic system and it is crucial to long-term memory and a number of other memory functions."