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MeSH Heading: Kainic Acid Receptors
Tree Number(s): D12.776.157.530.400.400.500.200; D12.776.543.550.450.500.200.200; D12.776.543.585.400.500.200.200; D12.776.543.750.720.200.450.400.200
Unique ID: D018092
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018092
Scope Note: A class of ionotropic glutamate receptors characterized by their affinity for KAINIC ACID.
Entry Version: KAINIC ACID RECEPT
Entry Term(s): GLUK5 Receptor; GluR5 Kainate Receptor; GluR5 Kainate Receptors; GluR5 Receptor; Gluk1 Kainate Receptor; Glutamate Receptor, Ionotropic Kainate 1; Kainate Receptor; Kainate Receptors; Kainic Acid Receptor
Registry Numbers: 0
NLM Classification #: QU 55.7
Previous Indexing: Receptors, Cell Surface (1981-1984); Receptors, Glutamate (1993); Receptors, Neurotransmitter (1985-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 2026; see KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR (NM) 1981-1993; for GLUK1 KAINATE RECEPTOR and GLUK5 RECEPTOR see GLUK1 KAINATE RECEPTOR (NM) 1997-2025; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR was indexed under RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE 1993, RECEPTORS, SYNAPTIC 1985-1992, and RECEPTORS, ENDOGENOUS SUBSTANCES 1981-1984
Online Note: use RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID (NM) to search KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR 1981-93
History Note: 2026 (1994) was KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR (NM) 1981-1993; for GLUK1 KAINATE RECEPTOR and GLUK5 RECEPTOR use GLUK1 KAINATE RECEPTOR (NM) 1997-2025
Date Introduced: 1994/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

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Concept UI: M0027288
Registry Numbers: 0
Scope Note: A class of ionotropic glutamate receptors characterized by their affinity for KAINIC ACID.
Terms: Kainic Acid Receptors Preferred Term
Term UI T054133
Date02/03/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Kainate Receptor
Term UI T054135
Date02/03/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Kainate Receptors
Term UI T054136
Date02/03/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Kainic Acid Receptor
Term UI T054132
Date02/03/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994)

Concept UI: M0272969
Registry Numbers: 0
Terms: Gluk1 Kainate Receptor Preferred Term
Term UI T001149028
Date06/13/2025
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2010); GluR5 Kainate Receptor
Term UI T001149029
Date06/13/2025
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); GluR5 Kainate Receptors
Term UI T001149030
Date06/13/2025
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); GluR5 Receptor
Term UI T001149031
Date06/13/2025
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Glutamate Receptor, Ionotropic Kainate 1
Term UI T001149032
Date06/13/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2026)

Kainic Acid Receptors MeSH Descriptor Data 2026