On: Glutamate Unlocks Brain Cell Channels to Enable Thinking and Learning

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ScholarlyArticle: "Glutamate gating of AMPA-subtype iGluRs at physiological temperatures" (2025) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08770-0 ; CryoEM

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From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39836127 :

> High glutamine-to-glutamate ratio predicts the ability to sustain motivation [...]

> MSG [...]

> So, IIUC, when you feed LAB glutamate, you get GABA?