Kainic acid: A glutamate analogue that exhibits powerful and long-acting excitatory and toxic activity on neurons. In neurobiology, it is used as a research tool to destroy neurons and as an activator of glutamate receptors; it has been used as an anthelmintic against nematodes.
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Kainic acid: (2S-(2 alpha,3 beta,4 beta))-2-Carboxy-4-(1-methylethenyl)-3-pyrrolidineacetic acid. Ascaricide obtained from the red alga Digenea simplex. It is a potent excitatory amino acid agonist at some types of excitatory amino acid receptors and has been used to discriminate among receptor types. Like many excitatory amino acid agonists it can cause neurotoxicity and has been used experimentally for that purpose.
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