Morphological plasticity of astroglia: Understanding synaptic microenvironment [PDF]
, 2015 Memory formation in the brain is thought to rely on the remodeling of synaptic connections which eventually results in neural network rewiring. This remodeling is likely to involve ultrathin astroglial protrusions which often occur in the immediate ...
Heller, JP, Rusakov, DA
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Fathoming the kynurenine pathway in migraine: why understanding the enzymatic cascades is still critically important [PDF]
, 2015 Kynurenine pathway, the quantitatively main branch of tryptophan metabolism, has been long been considered a source of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, although several of its products, the so-called kynurenines, are endowed with the capacity to ...
CURTO, MARTINA +4 more
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Extracellular glutamate is not modulated by cannabinoid receptor activity
Scientific ReportsCannabinoid receptor activation has been proposed to trigger glutamate release from astrocytes located in cortical layer 2/3. Here, we measure the basal concentration of extracellular glutamate in layer 2/3 of mouse somatosensory cortex and find it to be
Delia N. Chiu, Brett C. Carter
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Cross-talk and regulation between glutamate and GABAB receptors
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2015 Brain function depends on co-ordinated transmission of signals from both excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters acting upon target neurons.
Sriharsha eKantamneni
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A glutamate receptor C-tail recruits CaMKII to suppress retrograde homeostatic signaling
Nature Communications, 2022 Presynaptic homeostatic plasticity adaptively enhances neurotransmitter release following diminished postsynaptic glutamate receptor functionality. Here the authors identify a calcium-independent signaling system where active CaMKII detects a short ...
Sarah Perry +9 more
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Loss of FKBP5 Affects Neuron Synaptic Plasticity: An Electrophysiology Insight [PDF]
, 2019 FKBP5 (FKBP51) is a glucocorticoid receptor (GR) binding protein, which acts as a co-chaperone of heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) and negatively regulates GR.
Deng, Ran +14 more
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Domain-based identification and analysis of glutamate receptor ion channels and their relatives in prokaryotes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Voltage-gated and ligand-gated ion channels are used in eukaryotic organisms for the purpose of electrochemical signaling. There are prokaryotic homologues to major eukaryotic channels of these sorts, including voltage-gated sodium, potassium, and ...
Mao-Feng Ger +3 more
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Synaptic NMDA receptors mediate hypoxic excitotoxic death [PDF]
, 2012 Excessive NMDA receptor activation and excitotoxicity underlies pathology in many neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders, including hypoxia/ischemia.
Wroge, Christine M +3 more
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Potentiation of glycine-gated NR1/NR3A NMDA receptors relieves Ca2+-dependent outward rectification [PDF]
, 2010 Glycine has diverse functions within the mammalian central nervous system. It inhibits postsynaptic neurons via strychnine-sensitive glycine receptors (GlyRs) and enhances neuronal excitation through co-activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors.
Betz, Heinrich +3 more
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Metabotropic glutamate 2/3 receptors and epigenetic modifications in psychotic disorders: a review [PDF]
, 2016 Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder are chronic psychiatric disorders, both considered as "major psychosis"; they are thought to share some pathogenetic factors involving a dysfunctional gene x environment interaction.
Grayson, Danis R +4 more
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