Structure, function, and pharmacology of glutamate receptor ion channels

KB Hansen, LP Wollmuth, D Bowie, H Furukawa… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - ASPET
Many physiologic effects of l-glutamate, the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the
mammalian central nervous system, are mediated via signaling by ionotropic glutamate …

Mechanisms of action of currently used antiseizure drugs

GJ Sills, MA Rogawski - Neuropharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Antiseizure drugs (ASDs) prevent the occurrence of seizures; there is no evidence that they
have disease-modifying properties. In the more than 160 years that orally administered …

Structural and functional architecture of AMPA-type glutamate receptors and their auxiliary proteins

IH Greger, JF Watson, SG Cull-Candy - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
AMPA receptors (AMPARs) are tetrameric ion channels that together with other ionotropic
glutamate receptors (iGluRs), the NMDA and kainate receptors, mediate a majority of …

Channel opening and gating mechanism in AMPA-subtype glutamate receptors

EC Twomey, MV Yelshanskaya, RA Grassucci, J Frank… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract AMPA (α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid)-subtype ionotropic
glutamate receptors mediate fast excitatory neurotransmission throughout the central …

Nitrile-containing pharmaceuticals: target, mechanism of action, and their SAR studies

X Wang, Y Wang, X Li, Z Yu, C Song, Y Du - RSC medicinal chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The nitrile group is an important functional group widely found in both pharmaceutical
agents and natural products. More than 30 nitrile-containing pharmaceuticals have been …

K2P2. 1 (TREK-1)-activator complexes reveal a cryptic selectivity filter binding site

M Lolicato, C Arrigoni, T Mori, Y Sekioka, C Bryant… - Biophysical …, 2018 - cell.com
Monday, February 19, 2018 303a neuronal excitability, respond to lipids, temperature and
mechanical stretch, and influence pain, temperature perception and anaesthetic responses …

Modulation of GluA2–γ5 synaptic complex desensitization, polyamine block and antiepileptic perampanel inhibition by auxiliary subunit cornichon-2

SP Gangwar, LY Yen, MV Yelshanskaya… - Nature Structural & …, 2023 - nature.com
Synaptic complexes of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA)
receptors (AMPARs) with auxiliary subunits mediate most excitatory neurotransmission and …

Structure of the Arabidopsis thaliana glutamate receptor-like channel GLR3. 4

MN Green, SP Gangwar, E Michard, AA Simon… - Molecular Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Glutamate receptor-like channels (GLRs) play vital roles in various physiological processes
in plants, such as wound response, stomatal aperture control, seed germination, root …

Positive allosteric modulation of NMDA receptors: mechanisms, physiological impact and therapeutic potential

C Geoffroy, P Paoletti, L Mony - The Journal of Physiology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
NMDA receptors (NMDARs) are glutamate‐gated ion channels that play key roles in
synaptic transmission and plasticity. Both hyper‐and hypo‐activation of NMDARs are …

NMDAR-dependent presynaptic homeostasis in adult hippocampus: Synapse growth and cross-modal inhibitory plasticity

PH Chipman, RD Fetter, LC Panzera, SJ Bergerson… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Homeostatic plasticity (HP) encompasses a suite of compensatory physiological processes
that counteract neuronal perturbations, enabling brain resilience. Currently, we lack a …