Operant sensation seeking requires metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Pharmacological and genetic studies have suggested that the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) is critically involved in mediating the reinforcing effects of drugs of abuse, but not food. The purpose of this study was to use mGluR5 knockout (KO),
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Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) regulates bladder nociception [PDF]
Molecular Pain, 2012 Background Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS), is a severely debilitating chronic condition that is frequently unresponsive to conventional pain medications.
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Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 5 in Alcohol-Induced Negative Affect [PDF]
Brain Sciences, 2019 Allosteric modulators of metabotropic glutamate 5 receptors (mGlu5 receptors) have been identified as a promising treatment to independently alleviate both negative affective states and ethanol-seeking and intake.
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Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) regulates white adipocyte browning [PDF]
Jichu yixue yu linchuang, 2021 Objective To investigate whether mGluR5 could regulate white adipocytes browning. Methods Western blot was used to test the expression of mGluR5 in white and brown adipose tissue. Lipid droplets morphology was microscoped after BODIPY staining.
LUO Xie, ZENG Li, YUAN Lei
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Association of genetic variants of Glutamate Metabotropic Receptor 5 gene and state-anhedonia
European Psychiatry, 2022 Introduction Andedonia is one of the core symptoms of depression. It is known that in case of depressed individuals experiencing anhedonia, the classical antidepressants are often ineffective, thus investigation of this symptom would be essential ...
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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 +6 more
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Anti‐metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 encephalitis: Five case reports and literature review
Brain and Behavior, 2023 Objective To describe the clinical and radiological characteristics of anti‐metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) encephalitis. Methods We reviewed the clinical data of five patients with anti‐mGluR5 encephalitis, and performed a literature review ...
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The Role of Glutamate Receptors in Epilepsy
Biomedicines, 2023 Glutamate is an essential excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, playing an indispensable role in neuronal development and memory formation. The dysregulation of glutamate receptors and the glutamatergic system is involved in numerous
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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.
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Uncoupling of the endocannabinoid signalling complex in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome [PDF]
, 2012 Fragile X syndrome, the most commonly known genetic cause of autism, is due to loss of the fragile X mental retardation protein, which regulates signal transduction at metabotropic glutamate receptor-5 in the brain.
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