= NMDA receptor
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An <NMDA receptor> is an <ionotropic receptor> gating an <ion channel> with voltage-dependent <magnesium> block. This voltage dependence permits cooperative amplification when inputs produce sufficient local <depolarization>; <calcium> can also pass through the open channel.<Neuronal Dynamics: From Single Neurons to Networks and Models of Cognition by Wulfram Gerstner and others/3.1 Synapses>[§3.1.2, equation (3.6): voltage-dependent magnesium block and calcium permeability]{ref}
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