glutamate receptor types
Glutamate receptors come in many flavours! Glutamate receptors come in many flavours - that is there are many different types and sub-types. Ionotropic receptors. There are three types of ion channel receptor, named after chemicals that specifically interact with them - NMDA, AMPA and Kainate receptors. All the ion channel receptors have a similar structure. They are built from assemblies of four separate proteins (subunits) that make a channel or pore through the membrane.