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Metabotropic glutamate receptors

Cell and Tissue Research, 2006
Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGlus) are a family of G-protein-coupled receptors activated by the neurotransmitter glutamate. Molecular cloning has revealed eight different subtypes (mGlu1-8) with distinct molecular and pharmacological properties. Multiplicity in this receptor family is further generated through alternative splicing. mGlus activate
Ferraguti F., Shigemoto R.
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Metabotropic glutamate receptors

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 2002
Abstract Glutamate, like other neurotransmitters (acetylcholine, ATP, serotonine, glycine, GABA), acts on two main types of membrane receptors: ligand-gated channels, also called ionotropic receptors (iGluRs), and G protein coupled receptors also called metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs).
Darryle D Schoepp, P.Jeffrey Conn
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A family of metabotropic glutamate receptors

Neuron, 1992
Three cDNA clones, mGluR2, mGluR3, and mGluR4, were isolated from a rat brain cDNA library by cross-hybridization with the cDNA for a metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR1). The cloned receptors show considerable sequence similarity with mGluR1 and possess a large extracellular domain preceding the seven putative membrane-spanning segments. mGluR2 is
Y, Tanabe, M, Masu, T, Ishii, R, Shigemoto, S, Nakanishi   +4 more
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Structure of the metabotropic glutamate receptor

Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2003
In the twelve years since the molecular elucidation of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 1, a class III family of G-protein-coupled receptors has emerged; members of this family include the calcium-sensing receptor, the GABA(B) receptor, some odorant receptors and some taste receptors.
Hisato, Jingami, Shigetada, Nakanishi, Kosuke, Morikawa   +2 more
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Metabotropic glutamate receptors and epilepsy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 2006
Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) play an important role in the initiation of ictal discharges by participating in the interictal-ictal transition, and may play a crucial role in recruiting normal brain tissue into synchronized discharges, thereby facilitating propagation of seizure activity.
Jorge, Ure, Michel, Baudry, Mónica, Perassolo   +2 more
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Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors and Neurodegeneration

2004
Metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors, which exert a modulatory effect on excitatory synaptic transmission, are considered as potential targets for neuroprotective drugs and the advent of potent and centrally available subtype-selective ligands has lead to an extensive investigation of the role of individual mGlu receptor subtypes in ...
BRUNO, Valeria Maria Gloria, BATTAGLIA, Giuseppe, NICOLETTI, Ferdinando   +2 more
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Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors

Amino Acids, 2007
l-Glutamate, one of the main neurotransmitters in the central nervous system (CNS), acts on two groups of receptors: (a) a group of ionotropic receptors that includes N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA), α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionate (AMPA), and kainate receptors, and (2) a group of metabotropic receptors (mGluRs).
A. Pilc, K. Ossowska
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