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Treatment of Cerebral Ischemia Through NMDA Receptors: Metabotropic Signaling and Future Directions

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
Excessive activation of N-methyl-d-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptors after cerebral ischemia is a key cause of ischemic injury. For a long time, it was generally accepted that calcium influx is a necessary condition for ischemic injury mediated by NMDA ...
Yuanyuan Li, Xiaokun Cheng, Xiaokun Cheng, Xiaokun Cheng, Xiaokun Cheng, Xinying Liu, Le Wang, Le Wang, Jing Ha, Jing Ha, Jing Ha, Zibin Gao, Zibin Gao, Zibin Gao, Xiaoliang He, Zhuo Wu, Aibing Chen, Linda L. Jewell, Yongjun Sun, Yongjun Sun, Yongjun Sun   +20 more
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Structures of metabotropic GABAB receptor [PDF]

Nature, 2020
AbstractGABA (γ-aminobutyric acid) stimulation of the metabotropic GABABreceptor results in prolonged inhibition of neurotransmission that is central to brain physiology. GABABbelongs to the Family C of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), which operate as dimers to relay synaptic neurotransmitter signals into a cellular response through the binding ...
Papasergi-Scott, Makaía M., Robertson, Michael J., Seven, Alpay B., Panova, Ouliana, Mathiesen, Jesper M., Skiniotis, Georgios   +5 more
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Predominantly linear summation of metabotropic postsynaptic potentials follows coactivation of neurogliaform interneurons

eLife, 2021
Summation of ionotropic receptor-mediated responses is critical in neuronal computation by shaping input-output characteristics of neurons. However, arithmetics of summation for metabotropic signals are not known. We characterized the combined ionotropic
Attila Ozsvár, Gergely Komlósi, Gáspár Oláh, Judith Baka, Gábor Molnár, Gábor Tamás   +5 more
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Metabotropic glutamate receptors in cancer [PDF]

Neuropharmacology, 2017
Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) are widely known for their roles in synaptic signaling. However, accumulating evidence suggests roles of mGluRs in human malignancies in addition to synaptic transmission. Somatic cell homeostasis presents intriguing possibilities of mGluRs and glutamate signaling as novel targets for human cancers.
Suzie Chen, Brian A. Wall, Janet Wangari-Talbot, Lumeng J. Yu   +3 more
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Brain gamma rhythm and potential treatment of neurodegenerative disease

Journal of Neurorestoratology, 2020
In this mini-review, we illustrate the brain network oscillations in different brain areas, including the medial septal diagonal band complex (MSDB) and hippocampus, especially at gamma frequency bands (γ, 30–80 Hz) and theta frequency bands (θ, 4–12 Hz),
Jianhua Zhao, Ailin Du, Chengbiao Lu
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Allosteric modulators enhance agonist efficacy by increasing the residence time of a GPCR in the active state

Nature Communications, 2021
Here, the authors use smFRET to assess the structural dynamics of metabotropic glutamate receptor mGlu2 and show that a positive allosteric modulator or the Gi protein stabilize mGlu2 in the glutamate-induced active state, leading to the full activation ...
Anne-Marinette Cao, Robert B. Quast, Fataneh Fatemi, Philippe Rondard, Jean-Philippe Pin, Emmanuel Margeat   +5 more
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Repurposing Fragile X Drugs to Inhibit SARS-CoV-2 Viral Reproduction

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health crisis that requires the application of interdisciplinary research to address numerous knowledge gaps including molecular strategies to prevent viral reproduction in affected individuals.
Cara J. Westmark, Maki Kiso, Peter Halfmann, Pamela R. Westmark, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Yoshihiro Kawaoka   +6 more
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Metabotropic glutamate receptor trafficking [PDF]

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 2018
The metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGlu receptors) are G protein-coupled receptors that bind to the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate and are important in the modulation of neuronal excitability, synaptic transmission, and plasticity in the central nervous system.
Young Ho Suh, Kai Chang, Katherine W. Roche   +2 more
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Metabotropic signaling by kainate receptors [PDF]

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Membrane Transport and Signaling, 2012
AbstractKainate receptors (KARs) are members of the ionotropic glutamate receptor family. Despite their ubiquitous presence in the central nervous system, and in contrast to the better characterized N‐methyl‐d‐aspartates (NMDARs) and α‐amino‐3‐hydroxy‐5‐methyl‐4‐isoxazole propionic acid receptors (AMPARs), the contribution of KARs to synaptic ...
Rodrigues, Ricardo J., Lerma Gómez, Juan   +1 more
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Emotional Impairment and Persistent Upregulation of mGlu5 Receptor following Morphine Abstinence: Implications of an mGlu5-MOPr Interaction. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: A difficult problem in treating opioid addicts is the maintenance of a drug-free state because of the negative emotional symptoms associated with withdrawal, which may trigger relapse.
Bailey, A, Chen, Y, Georgiou, P, Gonzalez, LR, Hourani, S, Kieffer, BL, Kitchen, I, Winsky-Sommerer, R, Zanos, P   +8 more
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