N-acetylaspartylglutamate (NAAG)
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Function
- specific endogenous agonist of mGluR3
- hydrolyzed by glutamate carboxypeptidase-2
Pathology
- may play a protective role in schizophrenia
Laboratory
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References
- ↑ Ghose S et al. Differential expression of metabotropic glutamate receptors 2 and 3 in schizophrenia: A mechanism for antipsychotic drug action? Am J Psychiatry 2009 Jun 1; [e-pub ahead of print]. <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19487395 <Internet> http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08091445