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 …

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 …

Glutamate receptor ion channels: structure, regulation, and function

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

AMPA receptor trafficking and synaptic plasticity

R Malinow, RC Malenka - Annual review of neuroscience, 2002 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Activity-dependent changes in synaptic function are believed to underlie the
formation of memories. Two prominent examples are long-term potentiation (LTP) and long …

[HTML][HTML] Subunit composition of synaptic AMPA receptors revealed by a single-cell genetic approach

W Lu, Y Shi, AC Jackson, K Bjorgan, MJ During… - Neuron, 2009 - cell.com
The precise subunit composition of synaptic ionotropic receptors in the brain is poorly
understood. This information is of particular importance with regard to AMPA-type glutamate …

Stargazin regulates synaptic targeting of AMPA receptors by two distinct mechanisms

L Chen, DM Chetkovich, RS Petralia, NT Sweeney… - Nature, 2000 - nature.com
Stargazer, an ataxic and epileptic mutant mouse, lacks functional AMPA (α-amino-3-
hydroxyl-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate) receptors on cerebellar granule cells. Stargazin …

Direct interactions between PSD-95 and stargazin control synaptic AMPA receptor number

E Schnell, M Sizemore… - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
Excitatory synapses in the brain exhibit a remarkable degree of functional plasticity, which
largely reflects changes in the number of synaptic α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4 …

[HTML][HTML] The expanding social network of ionotropic glutamate receptors: TARPs and other transmembrane auxiliary subunits

AC Jackson, RA Nicoll - Neuron, 2011 - cell.com
Ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs) underlie rapid, excitatory synaptic signaling
throughout the CNS. After years of intense research, our picture of iGluRs has evolved from …

Functional studies and distribution define a family of transmembrane AMPA receptor regulatory proteins

S Tomita, L Chen, Y Kawasaki, RS Petralia… - The Journal of cell …, 2003 - rupress.org
Functional expression of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA)
receptors in cerebellar granule cells requires stargazin, a member of a large family of four …

Neural substrates of eyeblink conditioning: acquisition and retention

KM Christian, RF Thompson - Learning & memory, 2003 - learnmem.cshlp.org
Classical conditioning of the eyeblink reflex to a neutral stimulus that predicts an aversive
stimulus is a basic form of associative learning. Acquisition and retention of this learned …