Blunted Cystine–Glutamate Antiporter Function in the Nucleus Accumbens Promotes Cocaine-induced Drug Seeking [PDF]
, 2008 Repeated cocaine alters glutamate neurotransmission, in part, by reducing cystine–glutamate exchange via system xc−, which maintains glutamate levels and receptor stimulation in the extrasynaptic compartment.
Abdulhameed, Omer +5 more
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Robust gamma oscillations in networks of inhibitory Hippocampal interneurons [PDF]
arXiv, 1999 Recent experiments suggest that inhibitory networks of interneurons can synchronize the neuronal discharge in in vitro hippocampal slices. Subsequent theoretical work has shown that strong synchronization by mutual inhibition is only moderately robust against neuronal heterogeneities in the current drive, provided by activation of metabotropic ...
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Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2016 Damaged tissues release glutamate and other chemical mediators for several hours. These chemical mediators contribute to modulation of pruritus and pain.
Takayoshi eMasuoka +8 more
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Multiple Routes for Glutamate Receptor Trafficking: Surface Diffusion and Membrane Traffic Cooperate to Bring Receptors to Synapses [PDF]
Science's STKE (electronic resource) : signal transduction
knowledge environment 327 (21/03/2006) 13, 2007 Trafficking of glutamate receptors into and out of synapses is critically involved in the plasticity of excitatory synaptic transmission. Endocytosis and exocytosis of receptors have initially been thought to account alone for this trafficking. However, membrane proteins also traffic through surface lateral diffusion in the plasma membrane. We describe
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A single psychotomimetic dose of ketamine decreases thalamocortical spindles and delta oscillations in the sedated rat [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Background: In patients with psychotic disorders, sleep spindles are reduced, supporting the hypothesis that the thalamus and glutamate receptors play a crucial etio-pathophysiological role, whose underlying mechanisms remain unknown. We hypothesized that a reduced function of NMDA receptors is involved in the spindle deficit observed in schizophrenia.
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Protocol for interfering peptide injection into adult mouse hippocampus and spatial memory testing
STAR Protocols, 2021 Summary: Metabotropic glutamate receptor-dependent long-term depression (mGluR-LTD) occurs in diverse brain regions and contributes to the plasticity of behavior, learning, and memory. mGluR-LTD relies on rapid (in minutes) local protein synthesis. Here,
Shanshan Cheng +3 more
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Neural Regeneration Research, 2019 Optogenetics is a combination of optics and genetics technology that can be used to activate or inhibit specific cells in tissues. It has been used to treat Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy and neurological diseases, but rarely Alzheimer’s disease.
Ke-Wei Wang +4 more
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Dynamics of cooperativity in chemical sensing among cell-surface receptors [PDF]
, 2011 Cooperative interactions among sensory receptors provide a general mechanism to increase the sensitivity of signal transduction. In particular, bacterial chemotaxis receptors interact cooperatively to produce an ultrasensitive response to chemoeffector concentrations.
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Wwox deletion leads to reduced GABA-ergic inhibitory interneuron numbers and activation of microglia and astrocytes in mouse hippocampus [PDF]
, 2019 The association of WW domain-containing oxidoreductase WWOX gene loss of function with central nervous system (CNS) related pathologies is well documented.
Abba, Martín Carlos +11 more
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Microscopy and spectroscopy approaches to study GPCR structure and function
British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.Abstract The GPCR signalling cascade is a key pathway responsible for the signal transduction of a multitude of physical and chemical stimuli, including light, odorants, neurotransmitters and hormones. Understanding the structural and functional properties of the GPCR cascade requires direct observation of signalling processes in high spatial and ...
Tomáš Fessl +2 more
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