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 …

Glutamate receptor ion channels: structure, regulation, and function

SF Traynelis, LP Wollmuth, CJ McBain, FS Menniti… - Pharmacological …, 2010 - ASPET
The mammalian ionotropic glutamate receptor family encodes 18 gene products that
coassemble to form ligand-gated ion channels containing an agonist recognition site, a …

NMDA receptor subunits: function and pharmacology

P Paoletti, J Neyton - Current opinion in pharmacology, 2007 - Elsevier
N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are glutamate-gated ion channels widely
expressed in the central nervous system that play key roles in excitatory synaptic …

Ionotropic and metabotropic glutamate receptor structure and pharmacology

JNC Kew, JA Kemp - Psychopharmacology, 2005 - Springer
Rationale l-Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system
(CNS) and mediates its actions via activation of both ionotropic and metabotropic receptor …

Allosteric modulators of NR2B‐containing NMDA receptors: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential

L Mony, JNC Kew, MJ Gunthorpe… - British journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are ion channels gated by glutamate, the major
excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS). They are …

A comprehensive description of GluN2B-selective N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists

W Liu, X Jiang, Y Zu, Y Yang, Y Liu, X Sun, Z Xu… - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract l-glutamate is an excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system (CNS),
which can activate ionotropic receptors (iGluRs) and metabotropic (mGluRs) receptors. N …

A novel binding mode reveals two distinct classes of NMDA receptor GluN2B-selective antagonists

D Stroebel, DL Buhl, JD Knafels, PK Chanda… - Molecular …, 2016 - ASPET
N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are glutamate-gated ion channels that play key
roles in brain physiology and pathology. Because numerous pathologic conditions involve …

Pain signalling pathways: from cytokines to ion channels

K Okuse - The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 2007 - Elsevier
Pain is the major reason patients seek medical care. The treatment of pain, particularly
chronic pain associated with cancer and damage to the nervous system, is at present …

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Ligand Development for Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors: Challenges and Opportunities for Radiotracer Targeting N-Methyl-d …

H Fu, Z Chen, L Josephson, Z Li… - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs) mediate excitatory neurotransmission within the
mammalian central nervous system. iGluRs exist as three main groups: N-methyl-d …

Molecular pharmacology of human NMDA receptors

M Hedegaard, KB Hansen, KT Andersen… - Neurochemistry …, 2012 - Elsevier
N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are ionotropic glutamate receptors that mediate
excitatory neurotransmission. NMDA receptors are also important drug targets that are …