Usually means: Glutamate receptor subtype in brain.
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  3. AMPA (disambiguation), AMPA: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. AMPA: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (AMPA)

noun:  (organic chemistry) α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid: a specific agonist for the AMPA receptor, where it mimics the effects of the neurotransmitter glutamate.
noun:  (organic chemistry) Initialism of aminomethylphosphonic acid. [(organic chemistry) A weak organic acid with a phosphonic acid group, one of the primary degradation products of the herbicide glyphosate.]
noun:  Initialism of American Military Partner Association.

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