Hippocampal neuronal cells that accumulate α-synuclein fragments are more vulnerable to Aβ oligomer toxicity via mGluR5--implications for dementia with Lewy bodies. [PDF]
, 2014 BackgroundIn dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) abnormal interactions between α-synuclein (α-syn) and beta amyloid (Aβ) result in selective degeneration of neurons in the neocortex, limbic system and striatum.
Cartier, Anna +9 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.DNA‐Based Genetic and Non‐Genetic Tools for Receptor Engineering. This review highlights recent advances in DNA‐based strategies for receptor engineering, including genetic approaches like domain fusion and site‐directed mutagenesis, as well as non‐genetic methods using functional nucleic acids, DNA nanostructures, and dynamic DNA reactions.
Hexin Nan +4 more
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Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors for Parkinson's Disease Therapy
Parkinson's Disease, 2013 Excessive glutamatergic signalling within the basal ganglia is implicated in the progression of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and inthe emergence of dyskinesia associated with long-term treatment with L-DOPA.
Fabrizio Gasparini +2 more
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Mechanism of neuroprotective effect of mGluR4 agonists [PDF]
Research Results in Pharmacology, 2019 Introduction: This review of literature is to demonstrate a role of group III metabotropic glutamate receptors in maintaining the level of extracellular glutamate in ischemic stroke and neurodegenerative diseases.
Natalya V. Avdeeva +4 more
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Molecular docking studies of N-substituted 4-methoxy-6-oxo-1-aryl-pyridazine-3-carboxamide derivatives as potential modulators of glutamate receptors [PDF]
Research Results in Pharmacology, 2020 Introduction: The virtual target-oriented screening is a necessary stage of modern drug-design. In the present study, the affinity of pyridazine derivatives for the most promising antiparkinsonian biotargets – I–III groups of metabotropic and ionotropic ...
Hanna I. Severina +5 more
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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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Assembly and Cooperativity of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors [PDF]
Biophysical Journal, 2015 Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) are G-protein coupled receptors that are found throughout the nervous system where they respond to the major excitatory neurotransmitter, glutamate, to modulate synaptic transmission and plasticity via a variety of effectors.
Levitz, Josh +4 more
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Structural Basis of GABAB Receptor Activation during Evolution
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study explores the structural and functional mechanisms of the drosophila GABAB receptor, a key role in neurotransmission. Using cryo‐EM, the research reveals how the receptor's activation differs from its human counterpart, highlighting unique evolutionary features.
Guofei Hou +14 more
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Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2021 The cellular mechanisms regulating dopamine (DA) release in the striatum have attracted much interest in recent years. By in vitro amperometric recordings in mouse striatal slices, we show that a brief (5 min) exposure to the metabotropic glutamate ...
Nicola B. Mercuri +10 more
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Incentive learning underlying cocaine relapse requires mGluR5 receptors located on dopamine D1 receptor-expressing neurons [PDF]
, 2010 Understanding the psychobiological basis of relapse remains a challenge in developing therapies for drug addiction. Relapse in cocaine addiction often occurs following exposure to environmental stimuli previously associated with drug taking.
Bilbao, Ainhoa +11 more
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