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Assembly and Cooperativity of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors [PDF]
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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The genome of Megachile rotundata, an extensively managed solitary pollination bee species, has been sequenced, covering 280.68 Mb and predicting 10 701 genes. The study reveals significant expansions of the Toll gene family and their abundant expression in diapause prepupae, highlighting enhanced immune responses during diapause. This genome serves as
Rangjun Shi+8 more
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The kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism has been implicated in the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia. We report here that the kynurenine metabolite, xanturenic acid (XA), interacts with and activates mGlu2 and ...
F. Fazio+24 more
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Glutamate is one of the most abundant amino acids in the blood. Besides its role as a neurotransmitter in the brain, it is a key substrate in several metabolic pathways and a primary messenger that acts through its receptors outside the central nervous ...
Ana Cristina García-Gaytán+3 more
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Where is the mind within the brain? Transient selection of subnetworks by metabotropic receptors and G protein-gated ion channels [PDF]
Perhaps the most important question posed by brain research is: How the brain gives rise to the mind. To answer this question, we have primarily relied on the connectionist paradigm: The brain's entire knowledge and thinking skills are thought to be stored in the connections; and the mental operations are executed by network computations.
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Fathoming the kynurenine pathway in migraine: why understanding the enzymatic cascades is still critically important [PDF]
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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Comprehensive analysis of cortical astrocyte gene expression across the lifespan. Profiling dynamic changes of key astrocyte genes reveals functional shifts. Astrocytes contribute to gene‐length‐dependent transcription decline in the aging brain. ABSTRACT Astrocytes are the most abundant glial cell type in the central nervous system (CNS).
Xiaoran Wei+2 more
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ABSTRACT The mammalian suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) orchestrates daily (circadian) rhythms of physiology and behavior by broadcasting timing cues generated autonomously by its mutually reinforcing network of ~10,000 neurons and ~3000 astrocytes. Although astrocytic control of extracellular glutamate and GABA has been implicated in driving circadian ...
Andrew P. Patton+6 more
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The taste receptor T1R1 + T1R3 heterodimer and metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR) may function as umami taste receptors. Here, we used mGluR4 knockout (mGluR4‐KO) mice and examined the function of mGluR4 in peripheral taste responses of mice.
K. Yasumatsu+6 more
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Mechanism of neuroprotective effect of mGluR4 agonists [PDF]
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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