Metabotropic glutamate receptors: from the workbench to the bedside

F Nicoletti, J Bockaert, GL Collingridge, PJ Conn… - …, 2011 - Elsevier
Metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors were discovered in the mid 1980s and originally
described as glutamate receptors coupled to polyphosphoinositide hydrolysis. Almost 6500 …

Glutamatergic substrates of drug addiction and alcoholism

JT Gass, MF Olive - Biochemical pharmacology, 2008 - Elsevier
The past two decades have witnessed a dramatic accumulation of evidence indicating that
the excitatory amino acid glutamate plays an important role in drug addiction and …

Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2005

RJ Bodnar, GE Klein - Peptides, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper is the 28th consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning
the endogenous opioid system, now spanning over a quarter-century of research. It …

Functional interaction between NMDA and mGlu5 receptors: effects on working memory, instrumental learning, motor behaviors, and dopamine release

H Homayoun, MR Stefani, BW Adams… - …, 2004 - nature.com
Pharmacological manipulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors may be critical for
the treatment of many neurological and psychiatric disorders. Metabotropic glutamate …

mGluR5 antagonist MPEP reduces ethanol-seeking and relapse behavior

P Bäckström, D Bachteler, S Koch, P Hyytiä… - …, 2004 - nature.com
The glutamatergic system plays an important role in mediating neurobehavioral effects of
ethanol. Metabotropic glutamate receptors subtype 5 (mGluR5) are modulators of …

Pharmacodynamics of memantine: an update

CG Parsons, G Rammes… - Current …, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
Memantine received marketing authorization from the European Agency for the Evaluation
of Medicinal Products (EMEA) for the treatment of moderately severe to severe Alzheimer's …

The glutamatergic system as a target for neuropathic pain relief

M Osikowicz, J Mika, B Przewlocka - Experimental physiology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
New findings• What is the topic of this review? This paper presents a review of the literature
of glutamate receptors and transporters in neuropathic pain and the role of glia in these …

Antidepressant-like effects of mGluR1 and mGluR5 antagonists in the rat forced swim and the mouse tail suspension tests

IV Belozertseva, T Kos, P Popik, W Danysz… - European …, 2007 - Elsevier
Drugs that act to reduce glutamatergic neurotransmission such as NMDA receptor
antagonists exert antidepressant-like effects in a variety of experimental paradigms, but their …

Morphine epigenomically regulates behavior through alterations in histone H3 lysine 9 dimethylation in the nucleus accumbens

HS Sun, I Maze, DM Dietz, KN Scobie… - Journal of …, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
Dysregulation of histone modifying enzymes has been associated with numerous psychiatric
disorders. Alterations in G9a (Ehmt2), a histone methyltransferase that catalyzes the …

Metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 antagonists MPEP and MTEP

PM Lea IV, AI Faden - CNS drug reviews, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Glutamate regulates the function of central nervous system (CNS), in part, through the cAMP
and/or IP3/DAG second messenger‐associated metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) …