Structure, function, and pharmacology of glutamate receptor ion channels

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

Molecular dynamics simulation for all

SA Hollingsworth, RO Dror - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
The impact of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations in molecular biology and drug discovery
has expanded dramatically in recent years. These simulations capture the behavior of …

Transcriptional architecture of synaptic communication delineates GABAergic neuron identity

A Paul, M Crow, R Raudales, M He, J Gillis, ZJ Huang - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Understanding the organizational logic of neural circuits requires deciphering the biological
basis of neuronal diversity and identity, but there is no consensus on how neuron types …

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 …

Structural mobility tunes signalling of the GluA1 AMPA glutamate receptor

D Zhang, J Ivica, JM Krieger, H Ho, K Yamashita… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
AMPA glutamate receptors (AMPARs), the primary mediators of excitatory
neurotransmission in the brain, are either GluA2 subunit-containing and thus Ca2+ …

AMPA receptor structure and auxiliary subunits

A Kamalova, T Nakagawa - The Journal of physiology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fast excitatory synaptic transmission in the mammalian brain is largely mediated by AMPA‐
type ionotropic glutamate receptors (AMPARs), which are activated by the neurotransmitter …

[HTML][HTML] Activation and desensitization mechanism of AMPA receptor-TARP complex by cryo-EM

S Chen, Y Zhao, Y Wang, M Shekhar, E Tajkhorshid… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
AMPA receptors mediate fast excitatory neurotransmission in the mammalian brain and
transduce the binding of presynaptically released glutamate to the opening of a …

Architecture of the heteromeric GluA1/2 AMPA receptor in complex with the auxiliary subunit TARP γ8

B Herguedas, JF Watson, H Ho, O Cais, J García-Nafría… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Neuronal communication at excitatory synapses in the brain involves
release of the neurotransmitter l-glutamate from the presynapse of one cell and its detection …

Elucidation of AMPA receptor–stargazin complexes by cryo–electron microscopy

EC Twomey, MV Yelshanskaya, RA Grassucci, J Frank… - Science, 2016 - science.org
AMPA-subtype ionotropic glutamate receptors (AMPARs) mediate fast excitatory
neurotransmission and contribute to high cognitive processes such as learning and memory …

Structural bases of desensitization in AMPA receptor-auxiliary subunit complexes

EC Twomey, MV Yelshanskaya, RA Grassucci, J Frank… - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
Fast excitatory neurotransmission is mediated by AMPA-subtype ionotropic glutamate
receptors (AMPARs). AMPARs, localized at post-synaptic densities, are regulated by …