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- Published on: 2 October 2023
- Published on: 2 October 2023Amantadine is a N-metyhl-d-aspartate (NMDA) antagonist.
Amantadine is not a N-metyhl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor agonist as stated in the paper, as it's a NMDA antagonist.
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