Ibotenate

3-hydroxy-5-isoxazole alpha-aminoacetate, an excitatory aminoacid agonist for certain quisqualate-sensitive glutamate receptors in the brain; it is a neurotoxin that selectively ablates neuronal cell bodies while sparing axonal projections.

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