Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 improves recovery after spinal cord injury in rodents

KR Byrnes, B Stoica, A Riccio… - Annals of Neurology …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) has neuroprotective
properties in vitro and has been reported to limit postischemic lesion volume in vivo …

Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 activation inhibits microglial associated inflammation and neurotoxicity

KR Byrnes, B Stoica, DJ Loane, A Riccio, MI Davis… - Glia, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The Group I metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) can modulate addiction, pain, and
neuronal cell death. Expression of some mGluRs, such as Group II and III mGluRs, has been …

Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 modulates microglial reactivity and neurotoxicity by inhibiting NADPH oxidase

DJ Loane, BA Stoica, A Pajoohesh-Ganji… - Journal of Biological …, 2009 - ASBMB
Microglial-related factors have been implicated in the signaling cascades that contribute to
neuronal cell death in various neurodegenerative disorders. Thus, strategies that reduce …

Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype mGluR1 contributes to post-traumatic neuronal injury

A Mukhin, L Fan, AI Faden - Journal of Neuroscience, 1996 - Soc Neuroscience
The role of phospholipase C-coupled (group I) metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR1
and mGluR5) in post-traumatic neuronal injury was examined using rat in vivo and in vitro …

Delayed mGluR5 activation limits neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration after traumatic brain injury

KR Byrnes, DJ Loane, BA Stoica, J Zhang… - Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Background Traumatic brain injury initiates biochemical processes that lead to secondary
neurodegeneration. Imaging studies suggest that tissue loss may continue for months or …

Novel mGluR5 positive allosteric modulator improves functional recovery, attenuates neurodegeneration, and alters microglial polarization after experimental …

DJ Loane, BA Stoica, F Tchantchou, A Kumar… - …, 2014 - Springer
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes microglial activation and related neurotoxicity that
contributes to chronic neurodegeneration and loss of neurological function. Selective …

Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 reduces the secondary brain injury after traumatic brain injury in rats

JW Wang, HD Wang, ZX Cong, XS Zhang… - Biochemical and …, 2013 - Elsevier
A wealth of evidence has shown that microglia-associated neuro-inflammation is involved in
the secondary brain injury contributed to the poor outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI) …

Expression and cell distribution of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 in the rat cortex following traumatic brain injury

JW Wang, HD Wang, WZ Zhong, N Li, ZX Cong - Brain research, 2012 - Elsevier
Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-released excessive glutamate resulted in the activation of
glutamate receptors including the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5). To …

Selective blockade of the mGluR1 receptor reduces traumatic neuronal injury in vitro and improves outcome after brain trauma

AI Faden, DM O'Leary, L Fan, W Bao, PGM Mullins… - Experimental …, 2001 - Elsevier
The effects of selective blockade of group I metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 1
(mGluR1) on neuronal cell survival and post-traumatic recovery was examined using rat in …

Role of group I metabotropic glutamate receptors in traumatic spinal cord white matter injury

SK Agrawal, E Theriault, MG Fehlings - Journal of neurotrauma, 1998 - liebertpub.com
Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) participate in glutamate neural transmission, but
their role in the pathophysiology of spinal cord injury (SCI) has not been explored …