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Shakespeare in love—with NMDA receptors?

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Too much or too little NMDA receptor activity during development can result in neuronal cell death. Recent work suggests that NMDA receptor blockade can cause excessive neuronal apoptosis in the perinatal brain.

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Lipton, S., Nakanishi, N. Shakespeare in love—with NMDA receptors?. Nat Med 5, 270–271 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/6481

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